Kazakhstan shocked by brutal murder of Armenian officer in Budapest

ArmenPress
March 12 2004

KAZAKHSTAN SHOCKED BY BRUTAL MURDER OF ARMENIAN OFFICER IN BUDAPEST

YEREVAN, MARCH 12, ARMENPRESS: Foreign minister of Kazakhstan,
Kasimzhomart Tokaev, sent a letter to his Armenian counterpart Vartan
Oskanian to convey his condolences over the brutal murder of an
Armenian officer, Gurgen Margarian, by an Azerbaijani classmate on
February 19 in Budapest.
“The news about the gruesome murder of the Armenian officer in
Budapest has shocked Kazakhs. We condemn the barbaric act of violence
and think that such crimes cannot be justified,” the message runs.