YEREVAN. Sept 13 (Interfax) - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan thanked everyone condemning the heroization of Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov, the killer of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian, at a meeting with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Philippe Lefort, the Armenian presidential press service said.
"Heroization of the killer by Azeri authorities deserves straight condemnation, especially by European partners," he said.
Sargsyan thanked countries and international organizations, among them European, for their strong condemnation of Azeri authorities for the release and heroization of Safarov.
In turn, Lefort said he would go to Baku to hear explanations of Azeri authorities. He said the European Union condemned the step, which undermined confidence between sides to the Karabakh conflict.
On August 31, Hungary extradited Safarov, who was sentenced to life in jail without the right to pardon for 30 years for killing Armenian officer Margarian in 2004.
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev pardoned Safarov on the day he was extradited.
Safarov and Margarian were learning English under the NATO Partnership for Peace Program in Budapest.