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HUNGARY CAN STILL RETURN SAFAROV S SLOVAK POLITICIAN
tert.am
04.09.12
Hungary still has an opportunity to correct its error by demanding
the Azerbaijani murderer's return to a Hungarian prison, František
Mikloško, the first president of the Slovak National Council has
claimed.
"I hope it isn't yet too late for Hungary to correct its mistake, at
least partially, and demand Safarov's return from Azerbaijan,," the
politician said, according to an official statement by the Armenian
Unions of Europe Forum.
Ramil Safarov axed Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan to death in 2004
when both servicemen were in Hungary for a Nato-organized English
language training. The Budapest City Court sentenced Safarov to life
imprisonment in 2006, without any right to appeal against the ruling
for 30 years.
But after being transferred to Azerbaijan, the murderer was granted
pardon by the country's president, Ilham Aliyev.
Commenting on the incident, Mikloško noted that the Armenian
government suspended its diplomatic relations with Hungary on the
grounds that such policies could undermine the peace efforts over
Karabakh.
"Those who have been to Karabakh realize well that its population
of 160,000 will be annihilated just within a day once the country
becomes part of Azerbaijan. As for the other states in Europe, they
might turn a blind eye to this thanks to the oil dollars.
It is necessary for Hungary today to urgently demand Safarov's return
considering the failure to follow earlier agreements. And the European
states have to finally realize that only the recognition of Karabakh's
independence is the sole guarantee for preventing the recurrence of
such incidents," reads the statement.
tert.am
04.09.12
Hungary still has an opportunity to correct its error by demanding
the Azerbaijani murderer's return to a Hungarian prison, František
Mikloško, the first president of the Slovak National Council has
claimed.
"I hope it isn't yet too late for Hungary to correct its mistake, at
least partially, and demand Safarov's return from Azerbaijan,," the
politician said, according to an official statement by the Armenian
Unions of Europe Forum.
Ramil Safarov axed Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan to death in 2004
when both servicemen were in Hungary for a Nato-organized English
language training. The Budapest City Court sentenced Safarov to life
imprisonment in 2006, without any right to appeal against the ruling
for 30 years.
But after being transferred to Azerbaijan, the murderer was granted
pardon by the country's president, Ilham Aliyev.
Commenting on the incident, Mikloško noted that the Armenian
government suspended its diplomatic relations with Hungary on the
grounds that such policies could undermine the peace efforts over
Karabakh.
"Those who have been to Karabakh realize well that its population
of 160,000 will be annihilated just within a day once the country
becomes part of Azerbaijan. As for the other states in Europe, they
might turn a blind eye to this thanks to the oil dollars.
It is necessary for Hungary today to urgently demand Safarov's return
considering the failure to follow earlier agreements. And the European
states have to finally realize that only the recognition of Karabakh's
independence is the sole guarantee for preventing the recurrence of
such incidents," reads the statement.