February 15, 2005 - 16:35 AMT
SAFAROV TO BE EXECUTED IN YEREVAN, ARMENIAN HUNGARIAN ORGANIZATION CONSIDERS
Representative of Hayastan (Armenia) Budapest-based national movement consider that Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov, arrested and accused of murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian, should be executed in Yerevan by the court decision, Trend agency reported. An address by the organization Youth Council sent to Prosecutor General of Hungary says it. "The murder of officer Margarian should be executed lawfully. Otherwise he will also be killed," the document notes. "The Hungarian Government should treat the demands of the Armenian people with respect," the document says. In the opinion of Armenian Hungarians the Armenian leaders should make efforts "for Safarov to have the deserving punishment". "We are taking our steps Discussions are held with the political forces of Hungary. We try to explain to them that it is a political incident, not a criminal one. And the Azeri officer will be punished just for a political atrocity. It should be done either by the Budapest court or us," the address says.