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    PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN INVITED AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING WITH THE HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS

    http://www.president.am/en/press-release/item/2012/08/31/President-Serzh-Sargsyan-ambassadors-meeting/
    31.08.2012

    President Serzh Sargsyan today invited Heads of diplomatic missions
    of the UN member States and Heads of the offices of the international
    organizations accredited in Armenia for an extraordinary meeting.

    During the meeting the President presented them with the position of
    the Republic of Armenia and the decision that had been made by the
    National Security Council on the covert transfer by the Hungarian
    authorities to Azerbaijan of Ramil Safarov, a perpetrator of ethnic
    hatred motivated murder of the Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan in
    2004 in Budapest.

    Remarks by the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
    at the Meeting with the Heads of Diplomatic Missions Accredited in
    the Republic of Armenia

    Distinguished Ambassadors:

    Unfortunately today we invited you to the President~Rs 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 ~V and we
    have been warning about it ~V 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 ~V 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.

    I have nothing to say about Azerbaijan ~V 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~Rt 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.

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