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HUNGARIAN-ARMENIAN COMMUNITY PAYS RESPECTS TO GURGEN MARGARYAN
NEWS.AM
February 21, 2013 | 11:01
The Armenian community of Hungary paid its respects, at the Armenian
cross-stone that is placed in Budapest, to Armenian army officer Gurgen
Margaryan, who was brutally murdered nine years ago by Azerbaijani
officer Ramil Safarov, who in 2012 was declared a hero in Azerbaijan
for this act of his.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31, 2012 from
Hungary, where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004. Safarov had planned on
killing the other Armenian military serviceman, who likewise was
attending the aforesaid program, but he was unable to carry out
this plan.
Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was his act of murder,
by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's government and much
of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani president immediately
granted him a pardon, he was declared a national hero, promoted to
a higher military rank, and was allocated housing and pension.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31, 2012
that Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary. Also,
Sargsyan instructed the Ministry of Justice to take all measures to
petition to the international judicial tribunals, and with respect
to the Safarov case.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning was condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
Also, a group of Hungarian intellectuals visited Armenia last year-and
in connection with this incident-to announce that they are ashamed
of the action that was taken by the Hungarian authorities.
NEWS.AM
February 21, 2013 | 11:01
The Armenian community of Hungary paid its respects, at the Armenian
cross-stone that is placed in Budapest, to Armenian army officer Gurgen
Margaryan, who was brutally murdered nine years ago by Azerbaijani
officer Ramil Safarov, who in 2012 was declared a hero in Azerbaijan
for this act of his.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31, 2012 from
Hungary, where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004. Safarov had planned on
killing the other Armenian military serviceman, who likewise was
attending the aforesaid program, but he was unable to carry out
this plan.
Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was his act of murder,
by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's government and much
of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani president immediately
granted him a pardon, he was declared a national hero, promoted to
a higher military rank, and was allocated housing and pension.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31, 2012
that Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary. Also,
Sargsyan instructed the Ministry of Justice to take all measures to
petition to the international judicial tribunals, and with respect
to the Safarov case.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning was condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
Also, a group of Hungarian intellectuals visited Armenia last year-and
in connection with this incident-to announce that they are ashamed
of the action that was taken by the Hungarian authorities.