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PM: HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES RIGHT DECISION ON AZERBAIJANI OFFICER'S EXTRADITION
Trend
Oct 2 2012
Azerbaijan
The transfer of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan was the Hungarian
government's "correct and right" decision, enabling Hungary to get out
of the Azeri-Armenian conflict, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
told Parliament, www.politics.hu reported.
The premier responded to critical remarks by Socialist MP Laszlo
Kovacs, former Socialist foreign minister.
Orban said the government had made a correct and right decision that
complied with the rules of international law and Hungary's legal
practice.
"Hungary should follow its own interests rather than those of Armenia
or Azerbaijan," he said.
Orban said that the decision had not been motivated by the promise of
any short-term benefits.
In the long term, however, it will have a benefit, the premier said.
As long as Safarov was here, he caused plenty of conflicts and
difficulties and the situation would not have changed in the future
either," he said.
Ramil Safarov was born on August 25, 1977 in the Jabrail region of
Azerbaijan. Safarov 34, who participated in NATO exercises in 2004 in
Hungary, was charged with the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen
Margaryan, who insulted the Azerbaijani flag. As the result of the
verdict by the Budapest court, Safarov was sentenced to life
imprisonment without the right of pardon during 30 years.
Immediately after the Azerbaijani officer's release, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan announced that Armenia suspends diplomatic
relations and all official contacts with Hungary.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: A. Papazian
Trend
Oct 2 2012
Azerbaijan
The transfer of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan was the Hungarian
government's "correct and right" decision, enabling Hungary to get out
of the Azeri-Armenian conflict, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
told Parliament, www.politics.hu reported.
The premier responded to critical remarks by Socialist MP Laszlo
Kovacs, former Socialist foreign minister.
Orban said the government had made a correct and right decision that
complied with the rules of international law and Hungary's legal
practice.
"Hungary should follow its own interests rather than those of Armenia
or Azerbaijan," he said.
Orban said that the decision had not been motivated by the promise of
any short-term benefits.
In the long term, however, it will have a benefit, the premier said.
As long as Safarov was here, he caused plenty of conflicts and
difficulties and the situation would not have changed in the future
either," he said.
Ramil Safarov was born on August 25, 1977 in the Jabrail region of
Azerbaijan. Safarov 34, who participated in NATO exercises in 2004 in
Hungary, was charged with the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen
Margaryan, who insulted the Azerbaijani flag. As the result of the
verdict by the Budapest court, Safarov was sentenced to life
imprisonment without the right of pardon during 30 years.
Immediately after the Azerbaijani officer's release, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan announced that Armenia suspends diplomatic
relations and all official contacts with Hungary.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: A. Papazian