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HUNGARY ACCEPTS SWISS MEDIATION IN THE DISPUTE WITH ARMENIA
ARMRADIO.AM
05.09.2012 14:49
Hungary has accepted an offer from Switzerland to mediate in a dispute
with Armenia caused by the extradition of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan
Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi on Wednesday said it was
"extremely regrettable, unacceptable and condemnable" that the
government of Azerbaijan had not kept its promise to keep Ramil
Safarov, an Azeri officer who received a life sentence in Hungary
for killing an Armenian soldier, behind bars.
Martonyi told Hungarian Public Radio that during his visit in
Switzerland on Monday his counterpart Dider Burkhalter had offered
his country's help in mending relations between Hungary and Armenia.
Switzerland has been "traditionally a moderator, neutral country"
and Hungary must make use of all possible means to diffuse tension
with Armenia, he added.
Martonyi reiterated that Hungary had acted in good faith in the
case of the Azeri soldier, he said and there had been no economic
considerations involved. What's most important now is to make
Armenians understand that Hungary has always considered them as a
friend, he said, politics.hu reports.
ARMRADIO.AM
05.09.2012 14:49
Hungary has accepted an offer from Switzerland to mediate in a dispute
with Armenia caused by the extradition of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan
Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi on Wednesday said it was
"extremely regrettable, unacceptable and condemnable" that the
government of Azerbaijan had not kept its promise to keep Ramil
Safarov, an Azeri officer who received a life sentence in Hungary
for killing an Armenian soldier, behind bars.
Martonyi told Hungarian Public Radio that during his visit in
Switzerland on Monday his counterpart Dider Burkhalter had offered
his country's help in mending relations between Hungary and Armenia.
Switzerland has been "traditionally a moderator, neutral country"
and Hungary must make use of all possible means to diffuse tension
with Armenia, he added.
Martonyi reiterated that Hungary had acted in good faith in the
case of the Azeri soldier, he said and there had been no economic
considerations involved. What's most important now is to make
Armenians understand that Hungary has always considered them as a
friend, he said, politics.hu reports.