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EXPERT: IT WOULD BE WISE OF RUSSIA TO TRANSFER VALERY PERMYAKOV CASE TO ARMENIA
by Nana Martirosyan
Friday, January 16, 16:00
The relations between the 102nd military base and the residents of
Gyumri should be revised following the developments in Gyumri, Head
of Noravank Foundation Gagik Harutyunyan said at a press conference
in Yerevan on Jan 16.
According to him, the tragic events in Gyumri have already affected
the Armenian-Russian relations at the public level. This is proved
by the serious actions of protest in Armenia. "NATO is exerting big
efforts to achieve mutual understanding between the servicemen of
the base and the local residents", he said.
Harutyunyan also thinks that it would be wise of Russia to transfer
the suspect Valery Permyakov to the Armenian side. "However, it would
be reasonable to conduct the investigation by joint efforts, because
Russia is more experienced in such cases", he said. He thinks that
Russia and Armenia equally need each other, so it is unreasonable
to speak of deterioration of the relations and withdrawal of the
military base.
To note, following the murder of the family of six in Gyumri,
tension has been escalating in Gyumri and throughout Armenia. The
public demands transferring the case of the Russian serviceman Valery
Permyakov to the Armenian law-enforcers. Armenian Prosecutor General
Gevorg Kostanyan said that this runs counter to the Russian laws.
This aggravated the situation even more. Under public pressure,
Armenian Prosecutor General promised to apply to his Russian
counterpart to transfer the case to the Armenian law-enforcement though
earlier he stated that it was impossible to do because such cases are
regulated by international legal standards. A total of 14 people were
injured in clashes with law-enforcers, and nearly 60 were detained.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=A8F47D00-9D7F-11E4-8AA80EB7C0D21663
From: A. Papazian
by Nana Martirosyan
Friday, January 16, 16:00
The relations between the 102nd military base and the residents of
Gyumri should be revised following the developments in Gyumri, Head
of Noravank Foundation Gagik Harutyunyan said at a press conference
in Yerevan on Jan 16.
According to him, the tragic events in Gyumri have already affected
the Armenian-Russian relations at the public level. This is proved
by the serious actions of protest in Armenia. "NATO is exerting big
efforts to achieve mutual understanding between the servicemen of
the base and the local residents", he said.
Harutyunyan also thinks that it would be wise of Russia to transfer
the suspect Valery Permyakov to the Armenian side. "However, it would
be reasonable to conduct the investigation by joint efforts, because
Russia is more experienced in such cases", he said. He thinks that
Russia and Armenia equally need each other, so it is unreasonable
to speak of deterioration of the relations and withdrawal of the
military base.
To note, following the murder of the family of six in Gyumri,
tension has been escalating in Gyumri and throughout Armenia. The
public demands transferring the case of the Russian serviceman Valery
Permyakov to the Armenian law-enforcers. Armenian Prosecutor General
Gevorg Kostanyan said that this runs counter to the Russian laws.
This aggravated the situation even more. Under public pressure,
Armenian Prosecutor General promised to apply to his Russian
counterpart to transfer the case to the Armenian law-enforcement though
earlier he stated that it was impossible to do because such cases are
regulated by international legal standards. A total of 14 people were
injured in clashes with law-enforcers, and nearly 60 were detained.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=A8F47D00-9D7F-11E4-8AA80EB7C0D21663
From: A. Papazian