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HUNGARIAN CHURCH REPRESENTATIVES CONDEMNED AUTHORITIES FOR SAFAROV'S EXTRADITION
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/738573/hungarian-church-representatives-condemned-authorities-for-safarov%E2%80%99s-extradition.html
13:25, 1 November, 2013
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS: In the framework of the 10th assembly
of the World Council of Churches held in Busan, South Korea, on October
31 His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians met with the representative of the Hungarian Catholic Church
and the secretary general of the Hungarian Council of Churches. The
Press Service of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin informed Armenpress
that during the meeting the parties discussed the issue related to
the extradition of the Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov by the
Hungarian authorities to Azerbaijan. His Holiness Karekin II stated
with pain that the incident put a shadow on the Armenian-Hungarian
relations, adding that such phenomena are unacceptable. In their turn
the representatives of the Hungarian churches condemned the step made
by the authorities.
During the meeting the delegation of the Hungarian churches expressed
their readiness to assist the events to be held by the Armenian Church
ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Earlier it was reported that His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All Armenians, extended his message to 4000 assembly
participants during the opening ceremony blessing of the 10th assembly
of the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea.
Before offering his message on the occasion of the assembly, His
Holiness greeted the WCC 10th assembly participants, conveying the
1700 year old blessings of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin for
their mission of illuminating each corner of the world with Christ's
light. His Holiness Karekin II also extended his blessings to the
hospitable country of Korea and its people.
On February 19 2004 in Budapest the Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov,
who axe-murdered the Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan while sleeping
with 16 blows, when they were participating in NATO English Language
Courses in the capital of Hungary, was sentenced to life imprisonment
without right to be pardoned for 30 years. On August 31 2012 Safarov
was extradited from Hungary to Azerbaijan and was pardoned by the
President Ilham Aliyev. The murderer was advanced to major, provided
with an apartment and given "national hero" and compensated for the
8 years of the imprisonment in Hungary.
Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary. The extradition,
pardoning and release of Safarov were condemned by many countries
and authoritative organizations of the world
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/738573/hungarian-church-representatives-condemned-authorities-for-safarov%E2%80%99s-extradition.html
13:25, 1 November, 2013
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS: In the framework of the 10th assembly
of the World Council of Churches held in Busan, South Korea, on October
31 His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians met with the representative of the Hungarian Catholic Church
and the secretary general of the Hungarian Council of Churches. The
Press Service of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin informed Armenpress
that during the meeting the parties discussed the issue related to
the extradition of the Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov by the
Hungarian authorities to Azerbaijan. His Holiness Karekin II stated
with pain that the incident put a shadow on the Armenian-Hungarian
relations, adding that such phenomena are unacceptable. In their turn
the representatives of the Hungarian churches condemned the step made
by the authorities.
During the meeting the delegation of the Hungarian churches expressed
their readiness to assist the events to be held by the Armenian Church
ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Earlier it was reported that His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All Armenians, extended his message to 4000 assembly
participants during the opening ceremony blessing of the 10th assembly
of the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea.
Before offering his message on the occasion of the assembly, His
Holiness greeted the WCC 10th assembly participants, conveying the
1700 year old blessings of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin for
their mission of illuminating each corner of the world with Christ's
light. His Holiness Karekin II also extended his blessings to the
hospitable country of Korea and its people.
On February 19 2004 in Budapest the Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov,
who axe-murdered the Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan while sleeping
with 16 blows, when they were participating in NATO English Language
Courses in the capital of Hungary, was sentenced to life imprisonment
without right to be pardoned for 30 years. On August 31 2012 Safarov
was extradited from Hungary to Azerbaijan and was pardoned by the
President Ilham Aliyev. The murderer was advanced to major, provided
with an apartment and given "national hero" and compensated for the
8 years of the imprisonment in Hungary.
Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary. The extradition,
pardoning and release of Safarov were condemned by many countries
and authoritative organizations of the world