The Economist. Hungary, Armenia and axe-murderer

In the article of The Economist newspaper entitled “Hungary, Armenia and axe-murderer” touched upon Ramil Safarov’s extradition, which was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Armenia’s officer Gurgen Margaryan, and diplomatic storms between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
In this connection the newspaper notes, that Hungarian press reported, that since Safarov’s sentence Azerbaijan was pressing Hungary demanding to release him.
The main theory is that Azerbaijan had promised to buy state bonds from Hungary in exchange for Safarov’s release.
Hungary needs the money. It has been in protracted and so far fruitless negotiations with the IMF and the European Union for a stand-by credit arrangement. The Hungarian government is actively seeking other potential investment partners in Asia and the Middle East. Mr Orbán visited Azerbaijan in June.
On one level, the diplomatic crisis is surprising. Hungary’s diplomats are usually smart, supple and well-informed. During the Libyan crisis, while most diplomats fled, the Hungarian embassy in Tripoli stayed open. By the end of the seven-month conflict Budapest was representing some fifty absent governments.
But it seems that the Safarov affair was masterminded by Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, and Péter Szijjártó, the minister for external economic relations, rather than the foreign ministry.
To note, participant of NATO classes in Budapest in 2004 Azerbaijan’s participant Ramil Safarov axed Armenia’s officer Gurgen Margaryan, after which in 2006 he was sentenced to life in prison. These days the murderer has been extradited to Azerbaijan, where President Ilham Aliyev granted him a pardon. The “hero” also received an apartment, Major rank and salary for eight months. People can only get stunned of this.