ARMENIA TO WORK FOR PUBLIC TRIAL OF AZERI MURDERER OF ARMENIAN OFFICER IN BUDAPESTMarch 4, 2004 - 17:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian party intends to attain public trial of the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian in Budapest, Defense Minister Serge Sargsian told journalists yesterday. The Minister reported the Armenian community of Hungary has hired an attorney to defend the interests of the Armenian party in the case. One of these days, in his words, another attorney from Armenia will join the process. In the Minister's opinion, it will help provide for just course of the investigation. It should be reminded that Armenian army lieutenant Gurgen Margarian was hacked by Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov during English courses being held in Budapest within the NATO Partnership for Peace Program. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |