October 31, 2007 - 14:31 AMT
Ramil Safarov extradition to Azerbaijan inadmissible for Armenia
"Extradition of Ramil Safarov, the murderer of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, is inadmissible for Armenia," Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said at a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Kinga Goncz.

Mr Oskanian thanked the Hungarian justice for a fair verdict to the murderer, the RA MFA press office reported.

February 19, 2004 lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces Gurgen Margaryan, sent to Budapest for an English course within the NATO Partnership for Peace Program, was brutally hacked by Azeri officer Ramil Safaroiv taking the same course.

April 13, 2006, the Budapest Court of First Instance sentenced Safarov to life imprisonment without right for pardon during initial 30 years.