Hungarian court adjourns Azeri officer’s murder trial until February 2005

Azad Azarbaycan TV, Baku
23 Nov 04

Presenter The trial of Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov who
is charged with murdering an Armenian officer started in Budapest
today. Our officer has rejected the preliminary testimony given during
the investigation.

Reporter over Safarov’s still pictures, footage of Budapest Azerbaijani
officer Ramil Safarov, who stood trial in the Hungarian capital
of Budapest today, rejected his testimony given to the preliminary
investigation. Azerbaijani lawyer Adil Ismayilov who is observing the
trial has told ATV that although Ramil Safarov has changed some details
in his preliminary testimony, he has confessed to committing the crime.

Passage omitted: lawyer says there were language problems

In the second half of the day, the prosecution summoned Armenian and
Hungarian officers to the trial as witnesses.

Passage omitted: lawyer gives names of the officers

The lawyer said that the witnesses also confirmed that Ramil Safarov
had murdered the Armenian officer. The defence then asked the court to
summon two more witnesses, an Azerbaijani and a Lithuanian officers
who studied together with Ramil Safarov. The court adjourned the
trial until 8 February 2005 in order to summon the witnesses.