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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

Department of State spoke on Safarov issue

Department of State spoke on Safarov issue

WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS: The USA is concerned that Azerbaijan does not fulfill its obligations before Hungary concerning Safarov’s extradition. As Armenpress was informed by the Spokesperson of the United States Department of State Victoria Nuland at the everyday briefing in Washington.

Answering the question if it was her understanding that Azerbaijanis are meeting those commitments, Ms. Nuland answered: “We have some concerns, as we said at the beginning, about that issue in particular”. The Spokesperson of the Department of State spoke also about the discussions held by USA and Azerbaijan, saying in particular: “Well, we, as you know, issued a statement about this after the Hungarians released him back to Azerbaijan, and we have been in touch with the Azerbaijanis and urging them to meet commitments that they reportedly made to the Hungarians in advance of the release”, - said Nuland.

On February 19 2004 in Budapest Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov, who axe-murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan while sleeping, when they were participating in NATO English Language Courses in the capital of Hungary, was sentenced to life imprisonment without right to be pardoned for 30 years. On August 31 2012 Safarov was extradited from Hungary to Azerbaijan and was pardoned by the President Ilham Aliyev. The murderer was advanced to mayor, provided with an apartment and given «national hero». Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary.




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