  Hungary’s references to Baku’s Safarov promises non-persuasive, ex-envoy says September 4, 2012 - 14:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prior to the transfer of Azeri assassin Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan, Hungarian government should have initiated consultations between Armenian and Hungarian foreign ministries, Ukraine’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia believes. As ex-envoy Alexander Bozhko said in an interview with Analitika.at.ua, “Armenia’s reaction would have been easy to guess, even if Azeri president Aliyev weren’t to pardon the murderer.” “Such consultations are a universal diplomacy rule, often resorted to by friendly countries striving to retain good relations. This is why Hungarian Foreign Ministry’s references to Azeri statements suggesting readiness to fulfill international conventions signed look non-persuasive, if not strange,” Bozhko said. Ramil 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 “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. Possible ways to advance the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict were in the focus of the discussion. A meeting between Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov will be held on the sidelines of the event.   Partner news |  Latest news Weekly digest of foreign currency deals  Deals amounting to USD 12,800,000 at an average price of 416.75 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia.Gunmen kill Iraqi police officer's family The recent spike of violence has raised fears that the country might be heading to a new round of sectarian violence.Serzh Sargsyan reelected as Armenian Chess Federation president Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years.Aronian, Carlsen tie Norway Chess 2013 final round Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian scored 5 points to come 4th, with Magnus Carlsen taking the 2nd spot with 5.5 points. |
