ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE COURT HEARING ON RAMIL SAFAROV’S APPEAL

ArmRadio.am
14.02.2007 11:58

February 19 or 20 members of the Armenian delegation, attorney
Nazeli Vardanyan and Director of the Genocide Museum-Institute of
the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Hayk Demoyan will leave for
Budapest to participate in the first court hearing of the appeal of
Ramil Safarov sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Armenian
Officer Gurgen Margaryan.

Hayk Demoyan told Armenpress that participating in the court hearing,
the Armenian delegation should show both the Azeri and Hungarian
sides that it will ensure that the criminal gets maximum punishment.

Hayk Demoyan noted that nothing can be ruled out at this point, but
the opportunities of the Azerbaijani side are not enough to change
the verdict.

In his words, discussing the issue of extradition is senseless now,
until the Court of Appeal has announced the verdict. However, there
has been no precedent in Hungary that the detainee sentenced to life
imprisonment would be returned to his country.

Let us remind that on February 19, 2004 Ramil Safaov had brutally
killed Armenian Officer Ramil Safarov during NATO courses in
Hungary. On April 13, 2006 the Hungarian Court sentenced him to life
imprisonment without the right of amnesty for 30 years.