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he National Council of Armenians in Hungary is expected to file a legal claim against the Hungarian government's controversial decision to transfer convicted Azeri murderer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan, the local newspapers reported.

Possible aggression of the West against Iran will put serious threat upon security of Azerbaijan, political expert, Vardan Voskanyan, said at today's press-conference.

The President of the European Parliament Martin Shultz announced Monday that Turkey's integration into Europe is preconditioned by the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reiterating the body's 1987 decision, Asbarez reports citing the official Web site of the Left Party of Germany.

Azerbaijan puts Astronaut on black list after he visited Nagorno-Karabakh. The list is likely to get longer in the future.

Amanda Paul is an analyst at the European Policy Centre (EPC), Roxana Cristescu is an advisor at Crisis Management Initiative (CMI)

One should not exaggerate the impact of Ramil Safarov's pardon on the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations given that there was no serious political dialogue between the two countries. Consequently, it is senseless speaking of its continuation or suspension. Arif Yunusov, Head of the Conflict Studies and Migration Department of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, made such statement to ArmInfo when commenting on the possible consequences of Ramnil Safarov's pardon.

French Member of Parliament from Loire, Francois Rochebloine condemned the visit by Aliyev. Rochebloine claimed that the timing of the visit is not right, as it is happening only a few days after the pardoning of Safarov, who murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan.

Dr. Gayane Novikova, Director of the Center for Strategic Analysis, Yerevan, Armenia; Visiting Scholar at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

The President of France will receive the President of Azerbaijan at the Elysee Palace this afternoon at 1445. Aliev has also had meetings with representatives of leading French companies TOTAL and GDF Suez.