“There was coordination within the entire government about this Each ministry presented its opinion, the justice ministry about the legal side and the foreign ministry about the diplomatic consequences” Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as Reuters reports, stated this during the news conference. Orban’s claimed he later announced his decision personally- “The foreign ministry had forecast precisely what types of consequences this or the other decision may have”. Orban made clear Hungary knew its decision to hand convicted Ramil Safarov over to his native Azerbaijan would spark a diplomatic backlash from Armenia.
