APPEAL TO BE FILED AGAINST HUNGARIAN COURT DECISION ON AZERBAIJANI ARMY OFFICER

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 12 2007

An appeal will be field against the decision of Budapest Appeals
Court upholding life sentence on Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov
soon, lawyer Ikram Shirinov, representative of the officer’s family
and Defense Ministry told the APA. He said that he got the court’s
decision several days ago and is now analyzing it.

"After analyzing the document we will make a decision on filing an
appeal against it," he said.

Though there is no time limit in filing the appeal in Hungary,
Shirinov considers that the appeal should be fled as soon as possible.

"We will file the appeal by June. We will make a decision with regard
to it after analyzing the document," he said.

Ramil Safarov, was accused of murdering Armenian officer Gurgen
Markaryan and sentenced to life in jail by Budapest Court on April 13,
2006.