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Sept 27 2012
Ministry says Hungary has `not much else' to offer Armenia in bid to
restore relations
By MTI
Hungary has not much else it can do to help restore diplomatic ties
with Armenia, Gabor Kaleta, press chief at the Foreign Ministry, told
MTI on Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi has written a letter to his Armenian
colleague, the ministry issued a note, `there is not much else we can
do now,' he said.
The ministry told the Armenian Foreign Ministry in a note that the
Hungarian government had a vested interest in Armenia putting an end
to the suspension of diplomatic relations without any preconditions.
The Monday note, cited by news website hvg.hu on Wednesday, was a
response to the Armenian Foreign Ministry's August 31 note on the
suspension of diplomatic relations.
Commenting on the Hungarian note, Armenian foreign affairs spokesman
Tigran Balayan told the Armenpress news agency: `The Armenian position
has remained unchanged. As declared previously, Armenia expects
practical steps from Hungary.'
Kaleta said Hungary wished to use primarily diplomatic channels in its
communications with Armenia and is determined to make the suspension
of diplomatic ties come to an end. However he said that as regards
restoring diplomatic relations `there is no room for any kind of
preconditions'.
Hungary said from the start that the transfer of the Azerbaijani
officer had not been directed against Armenia but was `an issue of
international law.' He added that Hungary respects the Christian
country of Armenia and the Armenian minority living in Hungary, on
whom the ministry counted in helping to resolve the situation.
Armenia decided to suspend diplomatic ties with Hungary on August 31,
just after the Hungarian authorities repatriated Azerbaijani national
Ramil Safarov on the understanding that he would continue to serve the
life sentence he received in February 2004 for murdering an Armenian
in Hungary.
Sept 27 2012
Ministry says Hungary has `not much else' to offer Armenia in bid to
restore relations
By MTI
Hungary has not much else it can do to help restore diplomatic ties
with Armenia, Gabor Kaleta, press chief at the Foreign Ministry, told
MTI on Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi has written a letter to his Armenian
colleague, the ministry issued a note, `there is not much else we can
do now,' he said.
The ministry told the Armenian Foreign Ministry in a note that the
Hungarian government had a vested interest in Armenia putting an end
to the suspension of diplomatic relations without any preconditions.
The Monday note, cited by news website hvg.hu on Wednesday, was a
response to the Armenian Foreign Ministry's August 31 note on the
suspension of diplomatic relations.
Commenting on the Hungarian note, Armenian foreign affairs spokesman
Tigran Balayan told the Armenpress news agency: `The Armenian position
has remained unchanged. As declared previously, Armenia expects
practical steps from Hungary.'
Kaleta said Hungary wished to use primarily diplomatic channels in its
communications with Armenia and is determined to make the suspension
of diplomatic ties come to an end. However he said that as regards
restoring diplomatic relations `there is no room for any kind of
preconditions'.
Hungary said from the start that the transfer of the Azerbaijani
officer had not been directed against Armenia but was `an issue of
international law.' He added that Hungary respects the Christian
country of Armenia and the Armenian minority living in Hungary, on
whom the ministry counted in helping to resolve the situation.
Armenia decided to suspend diplomatic ties with Hungary on August 31,
just after the Hungarian authorities repatriated Azerbaijani national
Ramil Safarov on the understanding that he would continue to serve the
life sentence he received in February 2004 for murdering an Armenian
in Hungary.