HUNGARIAN COURT DISMISSED PETITION FOR PARTICIPATION OF AZERI EXPERTS IN EXAMINING RAMIL SAFAROV

PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri experts will be allowed to be present at the examination only with the permission of Hungarian doctors, however they will be deprived of any possibility to present their conclusions, lawyer Nazeli Vardanian stated when commenting of the statement of Safarov's defender Adil Ismaylov regarding the medical inspection of his client scheduled for next week, Arminfo agency reports. "The repeated medical inspection of Ramil Safrarov is to be conducted next week. Azeri psychiaters are mostly likely to leave for Budapest to take part in it", the defender stated. When commenting to Echo newspaper defender Ismaylov stated that the examination must be conducted with the participation of the Azeri specialists. "Since the Azeri experts will be present at the test as observers it is not ruled out that the final permission for the participation will be given during the examination process", Ismaylov noted. In her turn Nazeli Vardanian reminded that the Hungarian court rejected the petition for the participation of the Azeri experts in the examination. Thus, Azeri experts being present at the examination will only have the possibility to make certain of its results. To remind, February 19, 2004 Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov hacked to death Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian. Lawyer Nazeli Vardanian is presenting the interests of Gurgen Margarian and another officer Hayk Makuchian in the court in Budapest. Safarov is accused due to 166.2 of the Hungarian Criminal Code providing for punishment up to life imprisonment. The next sitting of the court is fixed for May 10 and the results of the medical inspection will be announced. To note, a representative of Hungarian Ombudsman will also be present at the trial.