March 12, 2004 - 20:37 AMT
KAZAKHSTAN CONDEMNS BRUTAL MURDER OF ARMENIAN OFFICER IN BUDAPEST
Kazakhstan's foreign minister Kasimzhomart Tokayev sent a message to RA FM Vardan Oskanian on occasion of the brutal murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian in Budapest. "People of Kazakhstan with pain and anxiety heard the news about the tragic death of the Armenian officer. We condemn the inhumanity and cruelty of the crime and think that such actions have no justification", the letter says in part. According to the report by RA MFA press service, PACE chairman Piter Scheider also expressed his condolences and handed corresponding letter to Armenia's representative in the Council of Europe.