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    GURGEN MARGARIAN AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY MEDAL OF BRAVERY

    YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS: Armenian officer
    GurgenMargarian who was brutally killed by an Azeri counterpart on
    February 19, 2004 in Budapest, was awarded the Medal of Bravery
    posthumously last Saturday by Armenian president Robert Kocharian. The
    first anniversary of his tragic death was marked last Saturday in
    Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh.

    Armenian prime minister Andranik Margarian had said earlier that:
    "We hope that the Budapest city court will pass a fair sentence on the
    murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian."

    Gurgen Margarian, was hacked to death by Azerbaijani officer
    RamilSafarov on 19 February last year when attending an English
    language course under the aegis of NATO at a Hungarian military
    academy.

    An Armenian lawyer who represents Margarian's family's interests at
    the court told after a visit to Budapest that the results of the
    forensic examination clearly show that Ramil Safarov had committed the
    murder deliberately, in cold blood and in a mentally healthy
    condition. She said all the attempts of the Azerbaijani side to spin
    out the trial on various pretexts, transfer it into the political
    sphere and declare Safarov a hero in Azerbaijan will fail.
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