Hungarian trading house opens in Armenian capitalSeptember 26, 2014 - 17:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A Hungarian trading house has been opened in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, the state-owned Hungarian National Trading House Company (MNKH) announced today, Sept 26, according to Budapest Business Journal. The trading house is the 15th Hungarian trade office in the world. MNKH CEO György Kerekes said the aim of the trading house is to seek new markets and opportunities and boost trade relations and exports. MNKH has trading houses in China, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Vietnam, Brazil, Macedonia and Ghana. It plans to raise the number to 25 by year-end. Armenia suspended diplomatic ties with Hungary in 2012 following the country’s extradition of Azerbaijani axe-murderer Ramil Safarov who hacked to death an Armenian officer in Budapest. Safarov was welcomed back to Azerbaijan, awarded with a major rank, apartment and 8 year's worth of salary. At the time, Hungary, stated that it had sent Safarov back to Azerbaijan after receiving assurances from the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry that Safarov's sentence, which included the possibility of parole after 25 years, would be enforced. Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orban first stated that he transferred the prisoner to Azerbaijan on the understanding that he would serve out the rest of his life sentence in his home country. In later statements, Orban admitted that he not only signed the extradition agreement himself, but that he had repeatedly been warned that if Safarov were extradited to oil-rich Azerbaijan, he would be pardoned and even celebrated by Ilham Aliyev's brutal dictatorial regime. According to some reports, Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan in exchange for Azeri purchase of Hungarian securities worth Euro 2-3 billion, an information official Budapest denies. “Hungarian prime minister is “morally bankrupt” and should resign after admitting that he personally approved the transfer of the Azeri axe murderer while knowing the likely consequences,” the leader of the opposition Socialists said. Related links: Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |