Armenian premier wants Hungary to pass fair sentence on Azeri officer

Arminfo
19 Feb 05

Yerevan, 19 February: “We hope that the Budapest city court will pass
a fair sentence on the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Markaryan,”
Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan has said.

We should remind you that during an English language course under the
aegis of NATO in February 2004, the senior lieutenant of the Armenian
armed forces, Gurgen Markaryan, was hacked to death by Azerbaijani
officer Ramil Safarov on 19 February last year. The trial on this
case is being held at the Budapest court.

The Armenian prime minister today expressed his confidence that the
results of the forensic examination clearly show that Ramil Safarov
had committed the murder deliberately, in cold blood and in a mentally
healthy condition. All the attempts of the Azerbaijani side to spin
out the trial on various pretexts, transfer it into the political
sphere and declare Safarov a hero in Azerbaijan will fail, the prime
minister said.

“Of course, we cannot resuscitate Gurgen Markaryan, but we should
continue making every effort at all levels to achieve a fair sentence,”
Markaryan said.