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CATHOLICOS OF GREAT HOUSE OF CILICIA SENDS PROTEST LETTER TO HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT
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September 04, 2012 | 15:28
BEIRUT. - Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia of
the Armenian Apostolic Church addressed a letter of protest to
the President of Hungary, and in connection with Ramil Safarov's
extradition by Hungary to Azerbaijan and his being granted pardon
there.
In his letter, the Catholicos assessed this arrangement between the
Hungarian and Azerbaijani governments as "a violation of the principles
of international law and justice," and noted that this unlawful move
"has raised a terrible wave of outbursts and protests in Armenia
and the [Armenian] Diaspora," the Great House of Cilicia's official
website informs.
"Political interests shall not trample justice and human dignity,"
Aram I noted, and added that he fully shares the Armenian people's
just outburst.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 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 on August 31 that
Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.
news.am
September 04, 2012 | 15:28
BEIRUT. - Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia of
the Armenian Apostolic Church addressed a letter of protest to
the President of Hungary, and in connection with Ramil Safarov's
extradition by Hungary to Azerbaijan and his being granted pardon
there.
In his letter, the Catholicos assessed this arrangement between the
Hungarian and Azerbaijani governments as "a violation of the principles
of international law and justice," and noted that this unlawful move
"has raised a terrible wave of outbursts and protests in Armenia
and the [Armenian] Diaspora," the Great House of Cilicia's official
website informs.
"Political interests shall not trample justice and human dignity,"
Aram I noted, and added that he fully shares the Armenian people's
just outburst.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 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 on August 31 that
Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.