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CZECH PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON SAFAROV CASE
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October 23, 2012 | 17:24
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the
Parliament of the Czech Republic, led by Committee Chairman Jozef
Regec, unanimously adopted on Tuesday Senator JaromÃr Å tÄ~[tina's
resolution, whereby the Committee expressed its concern by the Ramil
Safarov case.
"The Committee expresses its deep concern and regret that the
Azerbaijani president decided to grant pardon to Ramil Safarov, whom
the court of a European Union member state had sentenced for murder;
it considers this decision [by the Azerbaijani president]--as a
symbolic move--that could add to further escalation of tension in
relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan; also, it is concerned
that this decision would hamper the reconciliation process of the
[Nagorno-Karabakh] conflict-affected societies, and it jeopardizes the
future chance for a peaceful development of interpersonal contacts
in the region; [and] commissions the Committee Chairman, Senator
Jozef Regec, to inform the Senate President about this resolution,"
the motion reads.
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.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
October 23, 2012 | 17:24
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the
Parliament of the Czech Republic, led by Committee Chairman Jozef
Regec, unanimously adopted on Tuesday Senator JaromÃr Å tÄ~[tina's
resolution, whereby the Committee expressed its concern by the Ramil
Safarov case.
"The Committee expresses its deep concern and regret that the
Azerbaijani president decided to grant pardon to Ramil Safarov, whom
the court of a European Union member state had sentenced for murder;
it considers this decision [by the Azerbaijani president]--as a
symbolic move--that could add to further escalation of tension in
relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan; also, it is concerned
that this decision would hamper the reconciliation process of the
[Nagorno-Karabakh] conflict-affected societies, and it jeopardizes the
future chance for a peaceful development of interpersonal contacts
in the region; [and] commissions the Committee Chairman, Senator
Jozef Regec, to inform the Senate President about this resolution,"
the motion reads.
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.
From: A. Papazian