An appeal is being examined on Armenian officer's murder case in Budapest

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Hungarian Appeal's Court under the chairmanship of Karpat Piroshki examines the appeal on a April 13, 2003 decision of a first instance court, according to which Azeri officer Ramil Safarof was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Armenian officer Gurgen Markarian. According to the information of Azeri Embassy to Hungary, from plaintiffs on the session participate Azeri layer Ikram Shirinov, chief of Azerbaijani Bar Association Azer Tagiyev, embassy employees and representatives of Azeri Diaspora in Hungary. Safarov's rights in the court defend layers George Madjarand and Klara Fisher. The layers are going to reach a change in preventive punishment and return the case to revision, "Trend" reports.



From Armenian side interests of G. Markarian's family defend layer Nazeli Vartanian and Hayk Demoyan, the Director of the Armenian Genocide Institute of RA NAS.



Lieutenant of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia Gurgen Markarian, who was participating in the English language courses in the framework of "Cooperation for Peace" NATO program, was brutally hacked to death by an ax by the Azeri officer, who was also participating in the same program. The Hungarian court sentenced Safarof to life imprisonment without the right to pardon during the first 30 years.