Prior to the transfer of Azeri assassin Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan, Hungarian government should have initiated consultations between Armenian and Hungarian foreign ministries, Ukraine’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia believes.

As ex-envoy Alexander Bozhko said in an interview with Analitika.at.ua, “Armenia’s reaction would have been easy to guess, even if Azeri president Aliyev weren’t to pardon the murderer.”

“Such consultations are a universal diplomacy rule, often resorted to by friendly countries striving to retain good relations. This is why Hungarian Foreign Ministry’s references to Azeri statements suggesting readiness to fulfill international conventions signed look non-persuasive, if not strange,” Bozhko said.

Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who was serving a life sentence in Hungary for axing to death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Margaryan, was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Official Yerevan reacted by suspending diplomatic ties with Hungary.