DECISION TO SUSPEND RELATIONS WITH HUNGARY NOT TO AFFECT ARMENIA-EU TALKS
Trend
Sept 6 2012
Azerbaijan
The decision to suspend diplomatic relations with Hungary will not
affect the negotiations of Armenia with the European Union over the
Association Agreement, Anca Paduraru - spokesman of the EU Commissioner
for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule told Mediamax.
On August 31, Armenia ceased diplomatic relations with Hungary, after
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned Ramil Safarov extradited
to Azerbaijan.
Ramil Safarov was convicted in Hungary to life imprisonment for the
murder in 2004 of an Armenian officer, with whom he underwent in
Budapest training of the NATO "Partnership for Peace" program.
Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov, who was convicted in Hungary,
returned on Friday to Azerbaijan. The same day, under an order of
the head of state, he was pardoned.
Ramil Safarov was born on August 25, 1977 in the Jabrail region
of Azerbaijan. Safarov 34, who participated in NATO exercises in
2004 in Hungary, was charged with the murder of Armenian officer
Gurgen Margaryan, who insulted the Azerbaijani flag. As the result
of the verdict by the Budapest court, Safarov was sentenced to life
imprisonment without the right of pardon during 30 years.
Trend
Sept 6 2012
Azerbaijan
The decision to suspend diplomatic relations with Hungary will not
affect the negotiations of Armenia with the European Union over the
Association Agreement, Anca Paduraru - spokesman of the EU Commissioner
for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule told Mediamax.
On August 31, Armenia ceased diplomatic relations with Hungary, after
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned Ramil Safarov extradited
to Azerbaijan.
Ramil Safarov was convicted in Hungary to life imprisonment for the
murder in 2004 of an Armenian officer, with whom he underwent in
Budapest training of the NATO "Partnership for Peace" program.
Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov, who was convicted in Hungary,
returned on Friday to Azerbaijan. The same day, under an order of
the head of state, he was pardoned.
Ramil Safarov was born on August 25, 1977 in the Jabrail region
of Azerbaijan. Safarov 34, who participated in NATO exercises in
2004 in Hungary, was charged with the murder of Armenian officer
Gurgen Margaryan, who insulted the Azerbaijani flag. As the result
of the verdict by the Budapest court, Safarov was sentenced to life
imprisonment without the right of pardon during 30 years.