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Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin condemns Hungary
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September 01, 2012 | 16:20
ETCHMIADZIN. - The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II chaired a
special meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council, on Saturday at the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
The Council reflected on the Hungarian authorities' extradition of
Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan and his being pardoned by the country's
president, and issued a respective statement, Information System of
the Mother See reported.
`The Armenian Apostolic Church strongly condemns this fact. What
transpired is yet another manifestation of the Armenian-hating policy
adopted by Azerbaijan's authorities. Regrettably, EU-memberHungary
supported the plan of releasing the murderer who was declared a hero
in Azerbaijan. Human life is God-given, and the crime of premeditated
murder is a crime against humanity and God.
We call upon all servants of the Armenian Church, [and] the faithful
children of our people worldwide to sound their united voice of
protest before the local authorities, [and] in the name of protecting
our national rights. We also call upon our sister churches and all
religious organizations to denounce this reality and to raise their
voices in the name of justice and truth,' the Supreme Spiritual
Council's statement reads in particular.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a
lieutenant in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on Friday 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.
As expected, 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.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced Friday that Armenia
is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.
news.am
September 01, 2012 | 16:20
ETCHMIADZIN. - The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II chaired a
special meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council, on Saturday at the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
The Council reflected on the Hungarian authorities' extradition of
Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan and his being pardoned by the country's
president, and issued a respective statement, Information System of
the Mother See reported.
`The Armenian Apostolic Church strongly condemns this fact. What
transpired is yet another manifestation of the Armenian-hating policy
adopted by Azerbaijan's authorities. Regrettably, EU-memberHungary
supported the plan of releasing the murderer who was declared a hero
in Azerbaijan. Human life is God-given, and the crime of premeditated
murder is a crime against humanity and God.
We call upon all servants of the Armenian Church, [and] the faithful
children of our people worldwide to sound their united voice of
protest before the local authorities, [and] in the name of protecting
our national rights. We also call upon our sister churches and all
religious organizations to denounce this reality and to raise their
voices in the name of justice and truth,' the Supreme Spiritual
Council's statement reads in particular.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a
lieutenant in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on Friday 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.
As expected, 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.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced Friday that Armenia
is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.