YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of Armenian community in Hungary Somash Turdyan delivered a speech at the parliament of Hungary on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s independence.  Vice-President of the Armenian National Autonomy of Hungary Alex Avanesyan told “Armenpress” that Turdyan mentioned in his speech despite the relations between Armenia and Hungary worsened after the extradition of murderer Ramil Safarov, the Armenian community in Hungary will make all efforts to restore the relations between the two countries.

On February 19 2004 in Budapest Azerbaijani murderer Ramil Safarov, who axe-murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan while sleeping with 16 blows, 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 promoted to major, provided with an apartment and given “national hero” and compensated for the 8 years of the imprisonment in Hungary. Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary.

The extradition, pardoning and release of Safarov were condemned by many countries and authoritative organizations of the world.