Australia’s Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) committee addressed a letter to the country’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard urging to condemn the extradition of Azeri axe-murderer Ramil Safarov, Armenian Diaspora Ministry press service reported.

On September 14, Armenian and Australian churches, political and social organizations will launch a joint protest rally in front of Hungarian embassy in Canberra.

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.

Hungary, however, states 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.

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.