“First News and Analyses” has learned from the President’s official website that Serzh Sargsyan convened a meeting of the National Security Council.
There have been discussed the situation of the Hungarian government’s secret transport of the Azeri Army officer Ramil Safarov to serve his sentence, who in Budapest Hungary in 2004 brutally killed RA Army officer Gurgen Markarian based on national racism.
Later, in the Presidential Palace, President Serzh Sargsyan will make a statement about the RA National Security Council’s decision in front of the accredited UN member states, heads of diplomatic missions and heads of International organizations operating in Armenia.
Serzh Sargsyan said in his speech that we cannot tolerate it and should determine our actions. Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces have increased our vigilance of our troops. He noted that appropriate instructions should be given to all our diplomatic institutions concerning this issue.
“This is not a simple murder; it is a murder based on ethnic hatred and is justified by the member states’ authorities of the European Union.” said President Serzh Sargsyan.