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ARMENIA CUTS DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH HUNGARY OVER RELEASE OF AZERBAIJANI KILLER
Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Armenia-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-Hungary-over-release-of-Azerbaijani-killer/articleshow/16084555.cms
Aug 31 2012
YEREVAN (ARMENIA): Armenia's president says his country is cutting
diplomatic ties with Hungary after the release of an Azerbaijani
military officer convicted of hacking to death an Armenian officer.
The Azerbaijani officer, Lt Ramil Safarov, was sent back to his
homeland on Friday and, despite assurances, immediately pardoned and
freed by his country's president.
Safarov was given a life sentence in 2006 by the Budapest City Court
after he confessed to killing Lt Gurgen Markarian of Armenia while both
were in Hungary for a Nato language course. Azerbaijan and Armenia are
ex-Soviet neighbors who have been locked in a long-standing conflict
over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
In response, Armenian President Serge Sarkisian announced that his
country is "halting diplomatic relations and all official ties with
Hungary."
Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Armenia-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-Hungary-over-release-of-Azerbaijani-killer/articleshow/16084555.cms
Aug 31 2012
YEREVAN (ARMENIA): Armenia's president says his country is cutting
diplomatic ties with Hungary after the release of an Azerbaijani
military officer convicted of hacking to death an Armenian officer.
The Azerbaijani officer, Lt Ramil Safarov, was sent back to his
homeland on Friday and, despite assurances, immediately pardoned and
freed by his country's president.
Safarov was given a life sentence in 2006 by the Budapest City Court
after he confessed to killing Lt Gurgen Markarian of Armenia while both
were in Hungary for a Nato language course. Azerbaijan and Armenia are
ex-Soviet neighbors who have been locked in a long-standing conflict
over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
In response, Armenian President Serge Sarkisian announced that his
country is "halting diplomatic relations and all official ties with
Hungary."