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EXTRADITION OF RAMIL SAFAROV CAUSES DEEP CONCERN - LATVIA'S FM
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November 15, 2012 | 13:25
YEREVAN.- Extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov is causing
deep concern, Latvian FM Edgars Rinkevics said during a joint press
conference with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian.
He recalled that Latvia made a statement on the issue during the
September meeting of representatives of Baltic and Scandinavian states,
the Nordic Baltic Eight, in Vilnius.
"Latvia, just as EU representatives, is showing deep concern about the
issue. We are confident that such moves do not further the dialogue
existing in fragile situation," Rinkevics told reporters in Yerevan.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004.
As expected, Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was
his act of murder, by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's
government and much of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani
president immediately granted him a pardon.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31 that
Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning is condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
news.am
November 15, 2012 | 13:25
YEREVAN.- Extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov is causing
deep concern, Latvian FM Edgars Rinkevics said during a joint press
conference with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian.
He recalled that Latvia made a statement on the issue during the
September meeting of representatives of Baltic and Scandinavian states,
the Nordic Baltic Eight, in Vilnius.
"Latvia, just as EU representatives, is showing deep concern about the
issue. We are confident that such moves do not further the dialogue
existing in fragile situation," Rinkevics told reporters in Yerevan.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004.
As expected, Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was
his act of murder, by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's
government and much of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani
president immediately granted him a pardon.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31 that
Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning is condemned by virtually all international
organizations.