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    ARMENIA LEADER: BURNING HUNGARIAN FLAGS IN PROTESTING KILLER'S REPATRIATION WRONG

    Interfax
    Sept 4 2012
    Russia

    Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has urged fellow citizens and
    ethnic Armenians abroad not to burn Hungarian flags in protesting
    last week's pardon by Azeri President Ilham Aliyev of an Azeri army
    officer who had been imprisoned in Hungary for savagely murdering an
    Armenian officer but was sent back to Azerbaijan.

    "I appeal to our public, especially youth, and ask them not to burn
    the flag of Hungary because it is not the flag of the ruling party of
    Hungary or a symbol of the prime minister of that country. An inhuman
    act on the part of one person or one party must not make us an enemy
    of the Hungarian people," Sargsyan told reporters during a visit to
    Armenia's Shirak region.

    Sargsyan said the Armenians had maintained friendly relations with
    the Hungarians for centuries.

    "Of course, one may protest, but we must remain true to ourselves
    and our values," he said.

    He also said Armenia is working on the aftermath of the scandal.

    "This work will be consistent, sober-minded and circumspect. Every
    move will be appropriate, both as regards our relations with our
    partners and as regards international structures," he said.

    Sr. Lt. Ramil Safarov, an Azeri army officer, murdered Armenian army
    lieutenant Gurgen Margarian in 2004 in Budapest, where both had been
    attending an English language course as part of NATO's Partnership
    for Peace program.

    Safarov hacked Margarian to death with an axe in his sleep.

    Safarov was 26 and Margarian 25 at that time.

    In 2006, a Budapest court gave Safarov a life sentence without the
    right to appeal for release for the first 30 years of his term.

    On Friday, Hungary returned Safarov to Azerbaijan. The same day,
    President Aliyev pardoned him and Defense Minister Safar Abiyev had
    a meeting with him, promoting him to major, giving him keys to a new
    apartment and giving him back pay for eight and a half years.

    Armenia announced on August 31 that it was severing its diplomatic
    relations with Hungary.




    From: A. Papazian
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