GURGEN MARGARIAN AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY MEDAL OF BRAVERY
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS: Armenian officer
GurgenMargarian who was brutally killed by an Azeri counterpart on
February 19, 2004 in Budapest, was awarded the Medal of Bravery
posthumously last Saturday by Armenian president Robert Kocharian. The
first anniversary of his tragic death was marked last Saturday in
Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh.
Armenian prime minister Andranik Margarian had said earlier that:
“We hope that the Budapest city court will pass a fair sentence on the
murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian.”
Gurgen Margarian, was hacked to death by Azerbaijani officer
RamilSafarov on 19 February last year when attending an English
language course under the aegis of NATO at a Hungarian military
academy.
An Armenian lawyer who represents Margarian’s family’s interests at
the court told after a visit to Budapest 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. She said 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.