JUSTICE AND NOT FOREIGN MINISTRY OF HUNGARY MAKE DECISIONS ON RAMIL SAFAROV
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.05.2007 16:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Hungarian Justice Ministry and not the Foreign
Affairs Ministry makes decision on the fate of Ramil Safarov, who has
been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Armenian officer
Gourgen Margaryan in Budapest, representative of RA Defense Ministry
during the precision, Director of the Museum-Institute of the Armenian
Genocide Hayk Demoyan stated to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. "As
to Hungarian FM’s statement in Baku that it is possible to extradite
Ramil Safarov, it is necessary to find out if this information is true,
since Azeri media very usually does not report the truth. Second,
Hayk Demoyan and Nazeli Vardanyan (lawyer who represented interests
of the Margaryan family) did their best, now it is the time for our
diplomacy to act. If Hungarian FM’s statement on the possibility of
extraditing Safarof is true, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Armenia
should make a corresponding statement.
"The legal procedure on Ramil Safarov’s case is still continuing and it
will be possible to rule a final verdict on his extradition at the end
of the process," Hungarian Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz stated in Baku.
Officer of the Armenian army Gouorgen Margaryan was hacked to death
by Azeri officer Ramil Safarov in Budapest February 19, 2004. They
both were attending NATO courses. Ramil Safarov was accused by Article
166.2 of the Hungarian Penal Code (murder with aggravation). On April
13, 2006 he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the right to
pardon during the first 30 years.