Politician: Azerbaijan will kill Safarov and blame Armenia

September 5, 2012 - 16:24 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azerbaijani government is going to kill Ramil Safarov, an Armenian politician said.

Sentenced to life for the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, Safarov was recently extradited to Azerbaijan and immediately pardoned by the country’s President.

Hamerashkhutyun party leader Sargis Avetisyan believes that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan should not have suspended relations with Hungary but take some other diplomatic steps instead.

Besides, Avetisyan thinks that the educational and cultural boycott against Hungary is an extreme measure, as the Hungarians are not responsible for the ruling party’s decisions, while the cultural ties between the two countries have always been strong.

Avetisyan also quoted RA second President Robert Kocharian, who said that “every Armenian is at risk.”

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.

On February 22, 2007, Budapest Court rejected the Azerbaijani military officer's appeal against a life sentence. The appeal court ruled that the decision brought by Budapest District Court against 30-year-old Lieutenant Ramil Safarov, should stand.

On August 31, 2012, Hungary extradited Safarov back to Azerbaijan, where he was promptly pardoned by President Ilham Aliyev.