YEREVAN. –  Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian had a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Monday.

The sides condemned a brutal murder of the Avetisyan family from Gyumri and underscored importance of cooperation between the competent bodies of Armenia and Russia.

Lavrov expressed condolences and assured of the Russian side’s readiness to provide assistance to the investigation.

As reported earlier, six members of one family were shot dead in Gyumri, a six-month-old baby was wounded. Serviceman of Russian military base Valeri Permyakov is suspected of the crime.