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LEAKED DOC SUGGESTS AZERBAIJAN CHEATED HUNGARY - REPORT
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 10, 2012 - 14:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A restricted document issued by the Hungarian
Institute of International Affairs (MKI), leaked by news website
nol.hu last week, indicates that Hungarian authorities were misled
by Azerbaijan in connection with the handover of the Azeri officer
who killed an Armenian officer in Hungary eight years ago, according
to politics.hu.
The MKI's head Botond Zakonyi said the leaking of the document,
which analyzed the diplomatic situation, had been "unfortunate". The
Institute, a government agency for foreign affairs, regularly issues
such reports on key affairs of Hungarian diplomacy, he added.
The document, according to nol.hu, stated that Prime Minister Viktor
Orban had met Azeri President Ilham Aliyev to discuss the repatriation
of the prisoner. Aliyev promised him that the life-sentenced Ramil
Safarov would be kept behind bars, the doc said.
The MKI report concluded that Hungary had been misled by the Azeri
president, nol.hu reported, citing a copy of the document. It added
that Hungary was surprised by Safarov's release and needed 24 hours to
formulate an official government position on the matter. The report
added that Azerbaijan tried to give the false impression there had
been an agreement with Hungary on Safarov's release.
"Azerbaijan is much more important to Hungary at the moment than vice
versa," the report said, adding that for this reason Budapest would
not openly say that the Azeri president had misled Orban.
The MKI suggested that Hungary should pursue a communications strategy
which made it plain that the release had been made without Hungary's
consent. "We must speak of a misunderstanding," the report said.
The report said it was clear that relations between Hungary and
Armenia would be icy for a period of time but it added that "in the
medium-term relations could be revived through hard work."
Safarov was convicted in Hungary in 2006 for murdering the Armenian
officer Gurgen Margaryan two years earlier, when the two men attended
a NATO English-language course together.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 10, 2012 - 14:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A restricted document issued by the Hungarian
Institute of International Affairs (MKI), leaked by news website
nol.hu last week, indicates that Hungarian authorities were misled
by Azerbaijan in connection with the handover of the Azeri officer
who killed an Armenian officer in Hungary eight years ago, according
to politics.hu.
The MKI's head Botond Zakonyi said the leaking of the document,
which analyzed the diplomatic situation, had been "unfortunate". The
Institute, a government agency for foreign affairs, regularly issues
such reports on key affairs of Hungarian diplomacy, he added.
The document, according to nol.hu, stated that Prime Minister Viktor
Orban had met Azeri President Ilham Aliyev to discuss the repatriation
of the prisoner. Aliyev promised him that the life-sentenced Ramil
Safarov would be kept behind bars, the doc said.
The MKI report concluded that Hungary had been misled by the Azeri
president, nol.hu reported, citing a copy of the document. It added
that Hungary was surprised by Safarov's release and needed 24 hours to
formulate an official government position on the matter. The report
added that Azerbaijan tried to give the false impression there had
been an agreement with Hungary on Safarov's release.
"Azerbaijan is much more important to Hungary at the moment than vice
versa," the report said, adding that for this reason Budapest would
not openly say that the Azeri president had misled Orban.
The MKI suggested that Hungary should pursue a communications strategy
which made it plain that the release had been made without Hungary's
consent. "We must speak of a misunderstanding," the report said.
The report said it was clear that relations between Hungary and
Armenia would be icy for a period of time but it added that "in the
medium-term relations could be revived through hard work."
Safarov was convicted in Hungary in 2006 for murdering the Armenian
officer Gurgen Margaryan two years earlier, when the two men attended
a NATO English-language course together.