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ARMENIA HAD NO AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY BEFORE RAMIL SAFAROV TRANSFERRED - OPPOSITION REP
tert.am
27.09.12
At a discussion of the 2011 budget report in Armenia's Parliament on
Thursday, Nikol Pashinyan, an MP of the opposition Armenian National
Congress (ANC), asked Armenian Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan if Armenia
had an ambassador to Hungary last year after the ex-ambassador Ashot
Hovakimyan was appointed Armenia's Deputy FM.
In response, referring to diplomatic procedures, Sh. Kocharyan said
that Armenia's Ambassador to Vienna Arman Kirakosyan was appointed
ambassador with concurrent accreditation to Hungary. However, before
he presented his credentials to the Hungarian government, Hungary
transferred the Azeri officer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan.
Although Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denies, Turkish mass
media report on Armenian-Turkish meetings in Switzerland, Pashinyan
said.
In response, Mr Sh. Kocharyan stated that Armenia's foreign office
absolutely refutes such meetings. "But our press goes on referring
Turkish media, realizing they are thus helping Turkey," Sh. Kocharyan
said.
Following the Parliament's meeting, Nikol Pashinyan held a meeting
with journalists.
"I found out that Armenia has not had an ambassador to Hungary since
last year - even before Ramil Safarov was transferred to Azerbaijan,"
he said.
"Aware of Azerbaijan's all-out efforts to get Ramil Safarov
transferred, Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs failed to have an
ambassador to Hungary from last October to this August, when he was
actually transferred," Pashinyan said.
tert.am
27.09.12
At a discussion of the 2011 budget report in Armenia's Parliament on
Thursday, Nikol Pashinyan, an MP of the opposition Armenian National
Congress (ANC), asked Armenian Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan if Armenia
had an ambassador to Hungary last year after the ex-ambassador Ashot
Hovakimyan was appointed Armenia's Deputy FM.
In response, referring to diplomatic procedures, Sh. Kocharyan said
that Armenia's Ambassador to Vienna Arman Kirakosyan was appointed
ambassador with concurrent accreditation to Hungary. However, before
he presented his credentials to the Hungarian government, Hungary
transferred the Azeri officer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan.
Although Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denies, Turkish mass
media report on Armenian-Turkish meetings in Switzerland, Pashinyan
said.
In response, Mr Sh. Kocharyan stated that Armenia's foreign office
absolutely refutes such meetings. "But our press goes on referring
Turkish media, realizing they are thus helping Turkey," Sh. Kocharyan
said.
Following the Parliament's meeting, Nikol Pashinyan held a meeting
with journalists.
"I found out that Armenia has not had an ambassador to Hungary since
last year - even before Ramil Safarov was transferred to Azerbaijan,"
he said.
"Aware of Azerbaijan's all-out efforts to get Ramil Safarov
transferred, Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs failed to have an
ambassador to Hungary from last October to this August, when he was
actually transferred," Pashinyan said.