Novosti-Armenia reported on Friday that Armenia broke off all diplomatic relations and official ties with Hungary.
This news appeared in the world leading news agencies web-pages by particularly stressing Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev pardoning Ramil Safarov after his arrival to Baku.
The Washington Post: ‘Azerbaijani military officer serving life for murder in Hungary is freed when sent home’
"In response to Safarov’s release, Armenian President Serge Sarkisian said his country was cutting diplomatic ties with Hungary, while Hungarian state news agency MTI reported that protesters in the Armenian capital of Yerevan threw tomatoes at the building housing Hungary’s honorary consulate and the tore down the Hungarian flag."
"Sarkisian said Armenia was "halting diplomatic relations and all official ties with Hungary."
"The White House also criticized the decision to free Safarov."
"President Obama is deeply concerned by today’s announcement that the President of Azerbaijan has pardoned Ramil Safarov following his return from Hungary," said a statement from National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor. "We are communicating to Azerbaijani authorities our disappointment about the decision to pardon Safarov. This action is contrary to ongoing efforts to reduce regional tensions and promote reconciliation."
BBC news: ‘Armenia cuts ties with Hungary over Azerbaijan killer pardon’
"On Friday, Safarov was flown to Baku and pardoned, despite Baku's assurances that his sentence would be enforced."
The New York Times: ‘Armenia: Dispute Darkens Relations With Hungary’
"Armenia said it was suspending diplomatic relations with Hungary on Friday because Hungary had allowed a soldier from Azerbaijan who killed an Armenian officer in 2004 to return home, where he was immediately pardoned and freed. The dispute erupted after Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, pardoned the soldier, Ramil Safarov, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the 2004 killing of an Armenian officer during NATO training in Hungary."
Reuters: ‘Armenia says suspends Hungary ties in soldier row’
"Armenia said it was suspending diplomatic relations with Hungary on Friday because it had allowed an Azeri soldier who killed an Armenian officer in 2004 to return home, where he was immediately pardoned and freed."
"Hungarian authorities should understand that they have made a grave mistake," President Serzh Sarksyan told his Security Council in a statement posted on his website."
"They de-facto made a deal with the Azeri authorities."
"The row erupted after Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev pardoned Ramil Safarov, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the 2004 killing of Armenian officer Gurgen Markaryan during NATO training in Hungary."
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