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Nanaimo Daily News (British Columbia)
September 1, 2012 Saturday
Final Edition
Hungary, Armenia in a row over Azeri soldier
Armenia said it was suspending diplomatic relations with Hungary on
Friday because it had allowed an Azeri soldier who killed an Armenian
officer in 2004 to return home, where he was immediately pardoned and
freed.
"Hungarian authorities should understand that they have made a grave
mistake," President Serzh Sarksyan said in a statement posted on his
website. "They de-facto made a deal with the Azeri authorities."
The row erupted after Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev pardoned Ramil
Safarov, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the 2004 killing
of an Armenian officer.
September 1, 2012 Saturday
Final Edition
Hungary, Armenia in a row over Azeri soldier
Armenia said it was suspending diplomatic relations with Hungary on
Friday because it had allowed an Azeri soldier who killed an Armenian
officer in 2004 to return home, where he was immediately pardoned and
freed.
"Hungarian authorities should understand that they have made a grave
mistake," President Serzh Sarksyan said in a statement posted on his
website. "They de-facto made a deal with the Azeri authorities."
The row erupted after Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev pardoned Ramil
Safarov, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the 2004 killing
of an Armenian officer.