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MURDER OF ARMENIAN OFFICER IN BUDAPEST PLANED WITHIN MONTH YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. The murder of an Armneian officer in Budapest was planned within a month. According to the Armenian Public Television, Armenian Ambassador to NATO Viguen Chitechyan said referring to the data of the Hungarian Police. According to the source, Ambassador categorically refuted the statement that the Armenian officer allegedly insulted the Azerbaijani officer. "It is out of question," Viguen Chitechyan said. He added that this version was refuted both in the written report of the Hungarian Police and in the publication of the local press. And witnesses also confirmed this. Moreover, the Armenian Ambassador said that Armenian officers tried to establish contact with their Azerbaijani colleagues from the very beginning of the courses, however, their efforts were not welcomed by the Azerbaijani officers. VICE SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT: PACE DOES NOT INTEND TO INTERFERE INTO SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT, IT IS TASK OF OSCE MINSK GROUP
Vice Speaker Torossyan said that many in Europe are not aware enough of the Karabakh problem, that is why the mission of the European MPs is important as to the first hand information with the real situation in Karabakh and objective introduction of the Karabakh problem to the world. It should be noted that yesterday evening Terry Davis met NKR President Arkady Ghoukassyan, Chairman of the NKR NA Oleg Yesayan, Foreign Minister Ashot Ghulyan. PACE Rapporteur also met the refugees from Azerbaijan residing in Shushi. OFFICIAL BAKU TRIES TO HAVE AZERBAIJANI OFFICER EXTRADITED FROM HUNGARY YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. The criminal proceedings against Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani officer that killed an Armenia officer in Budapest, are being conducted by Hungarian law-enforcers. Official measures are being taken for Safarov to be extradited to Azerbaijan. Referring to Azerbaijani Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov, the Baku-based "525th newspaper" reports that the country's Prosecutor's Office applied to the Hungarian Prosecutor's Office for information on the accident. Since the two countries have not signed an agreement on legal assistance, the criminal proceedings cannot be conducted in Azerbaijan. However, Azerbaijan acceded to the International Convention on Extradition, so Safarov can serve out his sentence in Azerbaijan. ARMENIAN OFFICER's MURDER MUST BECOME SIGNAL FOR ARMENIAN PUBLIC: TOFIK ZULFUGAROV YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. "The Armenian officer's murder must become a signal for Armenian public that official Yerevan must reject its aggressive policy," the Azerbaijani ex-minister of defense Tofik Zulfugarov stated in his interview to the "Olailar" news agency, commenting on a cruel murder of an Armenian officer in Budapest. He pointed out that "it is Armenia that is guilty of the accident," without ruling out the possibility of recurrence. Zulfugarov pronounced for the Azerbaijani officer to be extradited to Azerbaijan. AZERBAIJAN MUST NOT BE TRUSTED: SAY YOUNG DASHNAKS YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. The "Nikol Agbalyan" youth union and the Hayastan youth wing of the Armenian Rrevolutionary Federation Dashnaktsoutyun sent today an open letter to PACE condemning the Feb 19 assassination of the Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan by his Azeri counterpart. That was a logic consequence of the anti-Armenian hysteria in Azerbaijan. This policy has gone beyond all limits giving Azeris a free hand to kill Armenians cold-bloodedly everywhere. Armenia has paid a high price for trusting Azerbaijan in the past decade. Now it's time for everyone to understand that one must not trust the Azeris, says the letter. FRANCE MARKS 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHOOTING OF MISAK MANUSHYAN GUERRILLA GROUP YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. The 60th anniversary of the shooting of the Misak Manushyan guerrilla group by the Nazis was commemorated in the French town of Mont Valerian February 21. Manushyan is one of the most outstanding figures of the French Resistance during WWII. Present at the ceremony were Armenian Ambassador to France Eduard Nalbandyan, ministers and deputies, representatives of the Armenian community of France. Speaking to journalists Nalbandyan said that Manushyan sacrificed his life not only for liberating France but also for eliminating the very phenomenon of Fascism in the world. Armenians and Frenchmen have been together throughout historical hardships which is a firm ground for their strong friendship. Similar arrangements were held in many other French towns. PRESIDENT OF CHECHNYA MENTIONS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. It has ever occurred to anybody to forget the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide why should we, the Chechens, forget the tragedy which befell us, the president of Chechnya Ahmad Kadyrov said in an interview with INTERFAX commenting on the tragic events of Feb 23 1944 when Iosif Stalin ordered to deport Chechens from their homes. The historical justice has not been restored to date - no law has been drafted so far to rehabilitate the repressed Chechens and Ingushes. The president of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov sent Monday telegrams to his Kazakh and Kyrgyz counterparts Nursultan Nazarbaev and Askar Akaev thanking their peoples for the hand they gave to Chechens and Ingushes during the Stalin repressions. He says that Feb 23 1944 is the most tragic day of the Ingush people. Half of Ingushes were killed then. ARMENIA's POLICE TAKES PREVENTIVE MEASURES YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. The Public Relations Department, RA Police, reports that as a result of a search in some places in Yerevan, Armenia's law-enforcers found weapons and ammunition, which they sent to an expert examination. The law-enforcers found out that the weapons and ammunition belonged to the Yerevan residents Kolya Harutyunian, Gurgen Papikyan, Armen Sahakian and Romik Mkhitarian, who was sentenced to one year of imprisonment for an involuntary homicide and unlawful possession of weapons in 2000. Criminal proceedings have been initiated. It is noteworthy that in connection with the police operation the member of the Political Council of the "Republic" party, which represents Armenia's radical opposition, Aram Sargssian invited a press conference. He stated that the police action is a political order. REPRESENTATIVES OF OPPOSITION PARTY ARRESTED IN ARMENIA YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. A new stage of violence and political pressure has started in Armenia, says the information executive of the Hanrapetouyun party Suren Surentants commenting on the Monday arrest of representatives of the party's territorial offices. Today morning the police tried to break into the apartment of the head of the party's Shengavit office Romik Mkhitaryan without any sanctions and failing to do that broke his garage. Representatives of the Justice bloc Albert Bazeyan, Smbat Ayvazyan and Viktor Dallakyan hurried to the scene but failed to prevent the police from arresting Hanrapetouyun representatives Armen Rubenyan, Artur Aroyan and Ashot Pogossyan. Surenyants says that the police appear to be keeping them as hostages making no charges against them. Mkhitaryan is not going to go to the police as they concoct cases and he does not trust them. Mkhitaryan's attempted arrest was a response to his activities during the last presidential election. It was due to him that Robert Kocharyan polled only 15% in the first round in Shengavit - when before the run-off Mkhitaryan was subjected to administrative punishment Kocharyan polled over 50%. This is not the only such case. The authorities are trying to arrest other Hanrapetouyun representatives too. This is a violation of the Armenian Constitution and the European Human Rights Convention. "This is not authorities but a group of criminals who usurped power and have made the police their accomplice and a 'tool' to revenge on the political opposition, particularly, Hanrapetouyun," says Surenyants. HEADLINES OF FEBRUARY 24
AKHISKA TURKS CALL ON LEADERSHIP OF GEORIGA AND WORLD COMMUNITY TO
SECURE THEIR RETURN TO MOTHERLAND
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STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. PACE does not intend to interfere
into the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, it is the task of OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs, said Vice Speaker of the Armenian National
Assembly Tigran Torossyan talking to journalists in Nagorny Karabakh
Republic. It should be noted that Tigran Torossyan accompanies PACE
Rapporteur on Nagorny Karabakh Terry Davis to Stepanakert.
