MOSCOW. – In relation to the extradition of the Armenian lieutenant’s murderer Ramil Safarov by Hungary to Azerbaijan, Armenia is better to appeal not to Budapest but Brussels as Hungary is a member state of the EU, Russian expert Alexander Skakov told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

In the given case the expert believes that Brussels should initiate some actions for Hungary to ask apology from Armenia for what it has done. Asked how the incident will impact on the Karabakh peace process, Skakov said that at the moment the conflict is in such a deadlock that even such an incident can have no serious influence on it.

Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant of the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on Friday from Hungary, where he was serving a life sentence with no expression of either regret or remorse for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004.

As expected, Ramil Safarov’s return to Baku was welcomed, as was his act of murder, by the officials of President Ilham Aliyev’s government and much of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani president immediately granted him a pardon.

Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan announced Friday that Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary. Armenia is holding various protest actions for the second day organized by different organizations. In addition, the Hungarian flag was burnt in front of the Hungarian Consulate in Armenia as a protest action.