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ARMENIA SUSPENDS RELATIONS WITH HUNGARY
armradio.am
31.08.2012 20:35
Armenia suspended all relations and official contacts with Hungary
Friday in the aftermath of that country's decision to covertly
extradite an Azeri office who brutally murdered Armenian Officer
Gurgen Margaryan in 2004 during a joint NATO military retreat.
President Serzh Sargsyan made the statement during a emergency
consultations with the Heads of diplomatic missions of the UN member
States and Heads of the offices of the international organizations
accredited in Armenia.
Below is the text of President Serzh Sargsyan's speech at the meeting:
"Distinguished Ambassadors,
Unfortunately today we invited you to the President's Office on
an extraordinary occasion. As you should know, an officer of the
Azeri military who had killed Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan,
was transferred to Azerbaijan. The President of Azerbaijan - and we
have been warning about it - has immediately granted pardon to him.
This has happened because the Government of Hungary, a member State
of the European Union and NATO, has made a deal with the authorities
of Azerbaijan.
I do not want to revisit the circumstances of the murder of Gurgen
Margaryan; you are very well aware of them. As the trial had
demonstrated, the horrendous manslaughter took place only because
Gurgen Margaryan was an Armenian.
Immediately after this crime had been perpetrated the Hungarian
authorities as well as our partners - EU and NATO member States, were
continually urging us to refrain from politicizing that process. We
were continually urged to trust the judiciary of Hungary, a member
State to those important alliances.
We have been closely following all the developments around that
criminal. This issue has been discussed during each and every meeting
with the President, Speaker of the Parliament, Foreign Minister and
Ambassador of Hungary, and we have been assured on numerous occasions
that such a transfer or a return of a criminal to Azerbaijan was
excluded. We have received that same response to our requests
during our contacts just a few days ago with the representatives
of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry and Parliament. But as a result
of perfidious developments the murderer has turned up in Baku and
got released."
armradio.am
31.08.2012 20:35
Armenia suspended all relations and official contacts with Hungary
Friday in the aftermath of that country's decision to covertly
extradite an Azeri office who brutally murdered Armenian Officer
Gurgen Margaryan in 2004 during a joint NATO military retreat.
President Serzh Sargsyan made the statement during a emergency
consultations with the Heads of diplomatic missions of the UN member
States and Heads of the offices of the international organizations
accredited in Armenia.
Below is the text of President Serzh Sargsyan's speech at the meeting:
"Distinguished Ambassadors,
Unfortunately today we invited you to the President's Office on
an extraordinary occasion. As you should know, an officer of the
Azeri military who had killed Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan,
was transferred to Azerbaijan. The President of Azerbaijan - and we
have been warning about it - has immediately granted pardon to him.
This has happened because the Government of Hungary, a member State
of the European Union and NATO, has made a deal with the authorities
of Azerbaijan.
I do not want to revisit the circumstances of the murder of Gurgen
Margaryan; you are very well aware of them. As the trial had
demonstrated, the horrendous manslaughter took place only because
Gurgen Margaryan was an Armenian.
Immediately after this crime had been perpetrated the Hungarian
authorities as well as our partners - EU and NATO member States, were
continually urging us to refrain from politicizing that process. We
were continually urged to trust the judiciary of Hungary, a member
State to those important alliances.
We have been closely following all the developments around that
criminal. This issue has been discussed during each and every meeting
with the President, Speaker of the Parliament, Foreign Minister and
Ambassador of Hungary, and we have been assured on numerous occasions
that such a transfer or a return of a criminal to Azerbaijan was
excluded. We have received that same response to our requests
during our contacts just a few days ago with the representatives
of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry and Parliament. But as a result
of perfidious developments the murderer has turned up in Baku and
got released."