Politician: Azerbaijan will kill Safarov and blame ArmeniaSeptember 5, 2012 - 16:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azerbaijani government is going to kill Ramil Safarov, an Armenian politician said. Sentenced to life for the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, Safarov was recently extradited to Azerbaijan and immediately pardoned by the country’s President. Hamerashkhutyun party leader Sargis Avetisyan believes that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan should not have suspended relations with Hungary but take some other diplomatic steps instead. Besides, Avetisyan thinks that the educational and cultural boycott against Hungary is an extreme measure, as the Hungarians are not responsible for the ruling party’s decisions, while the cultural ties between the two countries have always been strong. Avetisyan also quoted RA second President Robert Kocharian, who said that “every Armenian is at risk.” 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 President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |