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Armenians Protest Azerbaijani ‘Ax Killer’ Pardon in Moscow

Ramil Safarov (Archives)

17:38 14/09/2012

Several hundred Armenians gathered at a Moscow square on Friday to protest against Azerbaijan’s pardon of an army officer who killed an Armenian soldier in Hungary.

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UN Hopes Karabakh Talks Continue Despite Killer Pardoning
23:24 06/09/2012 NEW YORK, September 6 (RIA Novosti)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hopes that tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the pardoned killer of an Armenian soldier would not affect the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, his spokesman Martin Nesirky said on Thursday.
NATO Chief 'Concerned' by Azeri Killer’s Pardon
18:56 06/09/2012 MOSCOW, September 6 (RIA Novosti)
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he was “deeply concerned” about the pardoning of an Azerbaijani soldier sentenced to life for axing an Armenian to death in Hungary.
EU to Seek Explanations from Baku over Murderer's Pardon
19:37 05/09/2012 YEREVAN, August 5 (RIA Novosti)
The European Union will seek explanations from Baku on why it violated agreements with Hungary on the extradition of a Azerbaijani national, convicted for murder, a spokeswoman for the EU foreign policy chief said on Wednesday.
President Asks Armenians to Stop Burning Hungarian Flags
18:48 04/09/2012 YEREVAN, September 4 (RIA Novosti)
The Armenian president on Tuesday asked the country’s citizens to stop burning Hungarian flags in protest against the extradition of an Armenian soldier’s Azerbaijani killer.
Russia Condemns Azerbaijani 'Ax Killer' Pardon
16:48 03/09/2012 MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti)
Russia condemned on Monday the pardon given to an Azerbaijani army officer who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004.
Armenia Suspends Diplomatic Ties with Hungary - President
21:06 31/08/2012 YEREVAN, August 31 (RIA Novosti)
Armenia has suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary over the extradition to Azerbaijan of a man who murdered an Armenian army officer, the country’s president Serzh Sargsyan said on Friday.

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Row after Azerbaijan Pardons Killer

Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary after Budapest extradited the Azerbaijani soldier sentenced to life for axing an Armenian to death. Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan, where he was pardoned and promoted to the rank of major.

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