The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia responded to the death of Archil Tutunashvili.

The mission spokesman expressed his condolences to the family of the Georgian citizen who died in Tskhinvali prison and expressed readiness to support the investigation.

"The EU Monitoring Mission expresses condolences to Archil Tatunashvili"s family. The observation mission closely monitors the developments within its own right. The hotline of the mission is still actively used to exchange information on this unfortunate incident. We are ready to support the investigation in the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism and other relevant formats, "EUMM spokesperson Des Doyle said.

The deceased Archil Tutunashvili`s body i is likely to be transferred to Tsilkani village of Mtskheta region from Tskhinvali today.