 Fuad Agayev, a prominent Azeri lawyer, said that Azeris "...have to urgently stop this current campaign to raise Safarov to the rank of national hero.He is no hero.”

Margaryan's body was flown back to Armenia and was buried at Yerablur military cemetery.In September 2013, Artush Margaryan, Gurgen Margaryan's father, was hospitalized.