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WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HUNGARIAN-ARMENIAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS RESTORED - HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY
April 11, 2013 | 22:20
YEREVAN.- Budapest would like to see the Hungarian-Armenian diplomatic
relations restored in due course, Hungarian Foreign Ministry said.
Foreign Ministry responded to the Armenian News-NEWS.am inquiry whether
Hungary is taking precise steps to resume diplomatic relations between
the states.
In its response the Ministry evasively presents reasons for suspension
of diplomatic relations and provides joint communique issued by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Administration
and Justice of Hungary.
"Concerning the suspension of the diplomatic relations we declared
in Brussels several times that Hungary was and is firm in its
determination to avoid any interference of this bilateral issue
on the EU level. We did not ask for EU solidarity and we continue
to be committed to the development of EU-Armenian relations," the
Ministry said.
Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani military, was
extradited on August 31, 2012 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. Safarov had planned on killing the other Armenian
military serviceman, who likewise was attending the aforesaid program,
but he was unable to carry out this plan.
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, he was declared a national hero, promoted to
a higher military rank, and was allocated housing and pension.
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31, 2012
that Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary. Also,
Sargsyan instructed the Ministry of Justice to take all measures to
petition to the international judicial tribunals, and with respect
to the Safarov case.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning was condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: Baghdasarian
April 11, 2013 | 22:20
YEREVAN.- Budapest would like to see the Hungarian-Armenian diplomatic
relations restored in due course, Hungarian Foreign Ministry said.
Foreign Ministry responded to the Armenian News-NEWS.am inquiry whether
Hungary is taking precise steps to resume diplomatic relations between
the states.
In its response the Ministry evasively presents reasons for suspension
of diplomatic relations and provides joint communique issued by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Administration
and Justice of Hungary.
"Concerning the suspension of the diplomatic relations we declared
in Brussels several times that Hungary was and is firm in its
determination to avoid any interference of this bilateral issue
on the EU level. We did not ask for EU solidarity and we continue
to be committed to the development of EU-Armenian relations," the
Ministry said.
Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani military, was
extradited on August 31, 2012 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. Safarov had planned on killing the other Armenian
military serviceman, who likewise was attending the aforesaid program,
but he was unable to carry out this plan.
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, he was declared a national hero, promoted to
a higher military rank, and was allocated housing and pension.
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31, 2012
that Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary. Also,
Sargsyan instructed the Ministry of Justice to take all measures to
petition to the international judicial tribunals, and with respect
to the Safarov case.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning was condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: Baghdasarian