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    ARMENIA SNUBS HUNGARY'S FRESH REQUEST FOR RESTORED TIES

    http://armenianow.com/news/40108/hungary_armenia_diplomatic_relations
    News | 26.09.12 | 19:54

    Armenia has again refused to resume diplomatic relations with Hungary
    that it suspended unilaterally last month over a controversial
    extradition of an Azerbaijani killer by authorities in Budapest.

    A note addressed to the Armenian Foreign Ministry by Hungarian
    counterparts earlier this week says Budapest wants to have restored
    diplomatic relations with Armenia "without preconditions".

    "The diplomatic note expresses the interest of the Government of
    Hungary to end the unilateral suspension of diplomatic relations by
    the Republic of Armenia without preconditions. The diplomatic note
    is a formal answer to the communication in which Armenia informed
    Hungary about the suspension of the diplomatic relations August 31,
    2012," says the statement posted on the Hungarian government's website.

    This is the second time official Budapest has sought renewed ties with
    Yerevan after authorities in the South Caucasus state unilaterally
    severed them on August 31, the day when Hungary handed over to
    Azerbaijan Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani army officer who served
    a life sentence in a Hungarian jail for killing an Armenian fellow
    student during a NATO course in 2004.

    Once at home Safarov was pardoned by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
    and promoted to the rank of a major. Besides angering Armenia, the
    extradition and subsequent decisions in Azerbaijan also drew a wide
    chorus of international criticism, including from leading Western
    democracies and organizations.

    In his comments to the state-run news agency Armenpress on Wednesday
    Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan in essence repeated
    the position that official Yerevan already expressed earlier this
    month.

    The Armenian side's position remains unchanged, said Balayan. Armenia
    expects 'practical steps' from Hungary, the spokesman added without
    elaborating.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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