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RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN DIPLOMATS DISCUSS OFFICER'S KILLING
ITAR-TASS, Russia
Aug 7 2007
YEREVAN, August 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
Grigory Karasin discussed the recent killing of a Russian officer on
the Yerevan outskirts with his Armenian counterpart Gegam Garibdzhanian
by phone on Tuesday.
"The Armenian diplomat said that the national government controls the
investigation," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "An investigation
team has been formed, and suspects are being questioned. The Armenian
Foreign Ministry promised to inform Russia about the investigation
progress."
A Russian officer was killed on the Yerevan outskirts, the Armenian
Prosecutor General's Office said earlier in the day.
According to the prosecutors, assailants stopped a vehicle carrying
five Russian servicemen in the village of Arindzh in the small
morning hours of Monday. The servicemen were beaten and allowed to
drive off. The assailants opened fire at the departing car and injured
Lt. Dmitry Yermolov. He died on the way to hospital. Another passenger
was hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
Two suspects were apprehended, and their hunting guns were seized,
the prosecutors said.
The Armenian Prosecutor General's press secretary Sona Truzian said
the law enforcers had taken appropriate measures to seize the killers
of Yermolov.
The prosecutors also said they would not object to a visit by a
representative of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.
ITAR-TASS, Russia
Aug 7 2007
YEREVAN, August 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
Grigory Karasin discussed the recent killing of a Russian officer on
the Yerevan outskirts with his Armenian counterpart Gegam Garibdzhanian
by phone on Tuesday.
"The Armenian diplomat said that the national government controls the
investigation," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "An investigation
team has been formed, and suspects are being questioned. The Armenian
Foreign Ministry promised to inform Russia about the investigation
progress."
A Russian officer was killed on the Yerevan outskirts, the Armenian
Prosecutor General's Office said earlier in the day.
According to the prosecutors, assailants stopped a vehicle carrying
five Russian servicemen in the village of Arindzh in the small
morning hours of Monday. The servicemen were beaten and allowed to
drive off. The assailants opened fire at the departing car and injured
Lt. Dmitry Yermolov. He died on the way to hospital. Another passenger
was hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
Two suspects were apprehended, and their hunting guns were seized,
the prosecutors said.
The Armenian Prosecutor General's press secretary Sona Truzian said
the law enforcers had taken appropriate measures to seize the killers
of Yermolov.
The prosecutors also said they would not object to a visit by a
representative of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.