  Baku cons Hungary: Azerbaijan backs off on buying Hungarian securities September 3, 2012 - 20:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) has no plans to invest in securities and other financial instruments in Hungary, it said, according to Trend News. Information on the purchase of Hungarian securities by Azerbaijan came after the release of Azerbaijani officer. According to earlier reports, Ramil Safarov, convicted in Hungary over the murder of Armenian lieutenant was extradited to Azerbaijan in exchange for Azeri purchase of Hungarian securities worth Euro 2-3 billion. SOFAZ slammed the report as “false.” Azeri sources, however, report that Safarov was extradited following a certain “deal” struck between Hungary and Azerbaijan. Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who was serving a life sentence in Hungary for axing to death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Margaryan, was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Official Yerevan reacted by suspending diplomatic ties with Hungary.   Gurgen Margaryan On February 19, 2004, 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 Partnership for Peace NATO-sponsored program. In accordance with Budapest District Court sentence dated April 13, 2006, Ramil Safarov was life imprisoned for murdering the Armenian officer. Partner news  Top stories Bako Sahakyan signed a decree to award Ararat Avanesyan and Arthur Gasparyan with “For the Liberation of Shushi” medal. 200 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported at the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. “There was a great deal of new and interesting research presented during the conference,” said ANC of Illinois activist Greg Bedian. The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU.   Partner news |  Latest news Regional flights canceled as Alaska volcano spews ash  The lava from its 8,261-foot (2,518-meter) peak has also created huge steam clouds on meeting the mountain's snow.Giant asteroid 1998 QE2 to pass Earth May 31 The asteroid is said to measure in at about 1.7-miles long and will be about 3.6 million miles away from Earth as it passes.Henrikh Mkhitaryan doesn’t plan to leave Shakhtar Shakhtar Donetsk FC midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan said he is not planning yet to leave the Ukrainian club.Powerful roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Afghanistan Insurgents often use makeshift land mines to target both Afghan government officials and international forces in Afghanistan. |
