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    SERZH SARGSYAN: THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA CANNOT TOLERATE HUNGARY'S DEAL WITH AZERBAIJAN

    Mediamax
    http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/politics/5704/
    Aug 31 2012
    Armenia

    Yerevan, August 31. /Mediamax/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
    said today that "we suspend diplomatic relations and all official
    ties with Hungary".

    The President said this at the meeting with the heads of diplomatic
    missions of UN member states and heads of representations of
    international organizations accredited in Armenia.

    The President particularly said:

    "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 shown,
    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 the 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.

    I have nothing to say about Azerbaijan - just plainly nothing. That
    country speaks about itself with the actions it takes, and I am not
    the one to explain those steps.

    Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen:

    With their joint actions the authorities of Hungary and Azerbaijan
    have opened the door for the recurrence of such crimes. With this
    decision they convey a clear message to the butchers. The slaughterers
    hereafter are well aware of impunity they can enjoy for the murder
    driven by ethnic or religious hatred.

    I CAN NOT TOLERATE THAT.

    THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA CAN NOT TOLERATE THAT.

    THE ARMENIAN NATION WILL NEVER FORGIVE THAT.

    I officially announce that as of today we suspend diplomatic relations
    and all official contacts with Hungary.

    We expect a precise and unambiguous response by all our partners with
    regard to this incident.

    Anyone who tolerates this, will tomorrow be held responsible to
    history.

    Half-measures and circumlocution are not acceptable.

    We will judge the attitude of our partners towards the security of
    the Armenian nation by their response to this incident.

    I request you urgently to convey this as my personal message to the
    Heads of your States and Governments.

    That is all I wanted to say. I do not know if Q&A will make sense or
    not? I think it won't since what happened can hardly be accommodated
    by a reasonable mind. A country that considers itself developed and
    civilized does not have the right to behave this way and it well
    deserves proper assessment by its partners". --0--




    From: A. Papazian
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