Armenian Foreign Minister commented on numerous Azeri violations of agreements and promises at a joint briefing with UK Minister for Europe David Lidington.

To prove his point, Edward Nalbandian cited Baku’s non-fulfillment of a deal to create a mechanism for investigation of incidents at contact line, as agreed at a joint meeting between Armenian, Azeri and Russian Presidents in Sochi.

The Armenian official also reminded about Baku’s attempts to undermine Karabakh settlement, Azeri violations of ceasefire as well as release of axe-killer Ramil Safarov.

“Baku’s actions do noting but widen the chasm between Azerbaijan and international community,” Nalbandian stressed. Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who was serving a life sentence in Hungary for axing to death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Margaryan, was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Official Yerevan reacted by suspending diplomatic ties with Hungary.

Hungary, however, states that it had sent Safarov back to Azerbaijan after receiving assurances from the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry that Safarov's sentence, which included the possibility of parole after 25 years, would be enforced. According to some reports, Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan in exchange for Azeri purchase of Hungarian securities worth Euro 2-3 billion, an information official Budapest denies.