Armenia is always ready to restore relations with Hungary, but official Budapest should undertake practical actions, Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian told media, Wednesday.
"We are always ready for negotiations, but Hungary should show initiative," the minister said.
To recall, on August 31 the Armenian authorities adopted a decision to suspend diplomatic relations and official contacts with Hungary. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan made public the decision at a special meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions on Friday after the Hungarian authorities extradited Azeri officer Ramil Safarov, who was sentenced by a Hungarian court to life in jail for killing sleeping Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan with an axe in Budapest in 2004. Both the officers were undergoing an English language course under the NATO PfP program. The same day after Safarov's extradition, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev decreed to pardon the criminal.