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WHAT DID HUNGARY'S PM AND AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT?
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September 10, 2012 | 15:40
A restricted document issued by the Hungarian Institute of
International Affairs (MKI), leaked by news website nol.hu, indicates
that Hungarian authorities were misled by Azerbaijan in connection
with the handover of Ramil Safarov.
The document, according to nol.hu, stated that Hungary's Prime Minister
Viktor Orban had met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to discuss
the repatriation of the prisoner. The president had promised him that
the life-sentenced Ramil Safarov would be kept behind bars.
The report added that Azerbaijan had tried to give the false impression
that there had been an agreement with Hungary on Safarov's release.
"Azerbaijan is much more important to Hungary at the moment than vice
versa," the report said, adding that for this reason Budapest would
not openly say that the Azerbaijani president had misled Orban.
The also report said it was clear that relations between Hungary and
Armenia would be icy for a period of time.
In the meantime, the Azerbaijani president's Social and Political
Affairs Department Head Ali Hasanov had stated that the Hungarian
authorities knew about Safarov's possible pardoning.
To note, the Hungarian authorities are attempting to show that they
were "unaware" of such prospect, but Armenia does not believe in them.
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.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning is condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
news.am
September 10, 2012 | 15:40
A restricted document issued by the Hungarian Institute of
International Affairs (MKI), leaked by news website nol.hu, indicates
that Hungarian authorities were misled by Azerbaijan in connection
with the handover of Ramil Safarov.
The document, according to nol.hu, stated that Hungary's Prime Minister
Viktor Orban had met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to discuss
the repatriation of the prisoner. The president had promised him that
the life-sentenced Ramil Safarov would be kept behind bars.
The report added that Azerbaijan had tried to give the false impression
that there had been an agreement with Hungary on Safarov's release.
"Azerbaijan is much more important to Hungary at the moment than vice
versa," the report said, adding that for this reason Budapest would
not openly say that the Azerbaijani president had misled Orban.
The also report said it was clear that relations between Hungary and
Armenia would be icy for a period of time.
In the meantime, the Azerbaijani president's Social and Political
Affairs Department Head Ali Hasanov had stated that the Hungarian
authorities knew about Safarov's possible pardoning.
To note, the Hungarian authorities are attempting to show that they
were "unaware" of such prospect, but Armenia does not believe in them.
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.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning is condemned by virtually all international
organizations.