Armenian officer’s assassin Ramil Safarov extradited to AzerbaijanAugust 31, 2012 - 15:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Azerbaijani media outlets, “Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree to grant Ramil Safarov amnesty.” “Under Paragraph 22 of Azerbaijani Constitution’s Article 109, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on August 31 to grant amnesty to citizen Ramil Safarov, who on April 13, 2006 was sentenced to life in prison by Budapest District Court,” Azeri media reported. Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan from Hungary, where he was serving a life sentence, with his photograph in Baku posted as a proof, according to Azeri media reports. Armenian Foreign Ministry has so far refrained from commenting on the information. Representative of Armenian embassy in Hungary Arthur Musheghyan neither confirmed, nor denied the information. “Armenian foreign Minsitry will issue an official statement after Hungarian authorities give official notice,” he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Gurgen Margaryan On February 19, 2004, Lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces Gurgen Margaryan, 26, was hacked to death, while asleep, by a fellow Azerbaijani participant, lieutenant Ramil Safarov, in Budapest during a three-month English language course in the framework of Partnership for Peace NATO-sponsored program. In accordance with Budapest District Court sentence dated April 13, 2006, Ramil Safarov was life imprisoned for murdering the Armenian officer. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. |