  Vice-speaker: Safarov amnesty proves Azeri hostility to Armenians August 31, 2012 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Assembly vice-speaker commented on reports about extradition of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan’s assassin Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan. “Hungarian authorities’ step to extradite Azeri criminal Ramil Safarov sparks minimum bewilderment and indignation. As to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev’s granting amnesty to him, it reaffirms Azeri hostility to Armenians,” Eduard Sharmazanov said. Lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces Gurgen Margaryan, 26, was hacked to death, while asleep, by a fellow Azerbaijani participant, lieutenant Ramil Safarov, in Budapest during a three-month English language course in the framework of NATO-sponsored Partnership for Peace program. On April 13, 2006, Budapest District Court sentenced Safarov to life in prison for murdering Margaryan. On February 22, 2007, Budapest Court rejected the Azerbaijani military officer's appeal against the verdict, precluding possibility of pardon for the initial 30 years. By a decree of then-President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, officer Margaryan was awarded with a posthumous Medal for Courage on February 19, 2005. Partner news  Top stories Nalbandian drew the co-chairs’ attention to ongoing military rhetoric of Azerbaijan, which undermines possibility for peaceful settlement. Tigran Sargsyan: the authorities will do the utmost in the coming 4-5 years to ensure favorable conditions for the people. Members of all parliamentary groups, PM, Energy Minister and the chair of the Public Services Regulatory Commission were invited to participate. Vahan Hovhannisyan voiced hope that the ruling authorities acknowledge the difficulties Armenia currently faces.   Partner news |  Latest news ANCA testimony to call for conditions on Turkey trade deal  ANCA Government Affairs Director Kate Nahapetian will testify this coming week before the U.S. International Trade Commission.17 Pakistani children burnt to death as school bus explodes Many vehicles in energy-starved Pakistan are powered by relatively cheap compressed natural gas and cylinder blasts are common.Radiation leak reported after incident at Japanese lab Researchers and others who were engaged in experiments and other work at the laboratory may have been exposed to radiation.Islamist group Boko Haram camps destroyed in Nigeria Some 2,000 soldiers were deployed to the region last week, in the biggest campaign to date against Boko Haram. |
