YEREVAN. – Correspondence of law enforcement agencies in criminal cases cannot be made public, Attorney General Gevorg Kostanyan said responding to a question about the letter to his Russian counterpart Yuri Chaika over the case of Valery Permyakov.

“The answers of the Russian side are not the end of the case, but an intermediate stage. After that we will discuss further steps depending on the content of the answer,” Kostanyan told reporters. 

At the same time, he noted that the Russian side is not bound by any terms on response to an official letter by the Armenian side.

“Neither they, nor we have such commitments within our bilateral agreements,” he said. 

It is not possible to publish the answer no matter what response the case provoked in the society, Kostanyan said, citing secrets of the investigation is the secret investigation.