According to Baku press reports, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan has compensated extradited army officer Ramil Safarov with back wages for the eight years he spent in an Hungarian jail for the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan.

The ministry also provided him with an apartment.

Safarov has already been pardoned by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Earlier Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel-General Safar Abiyev granted Ramil Safarov the rank of major.