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SAFAROV WAS ACTING UNDER AZERI LEADER'S ORDERS, EXPERT SAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 30, 2012 - 16:15 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Axe-killer Ramil Safarov was a mere puppet in
Azerbaijan's leader's hands, acting under Ilham Aliyev's orders,
a political analyst believes.
As Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan told a news conference, Safarov case is
being misrepresented, when in reality, the criminal merely got his
payment for executing presidential order 8,5 years ago.
"Safarov was Azeri way of suggesting no Armenian can be at rest until
Baku gains control of Karabakh," the expert said.
Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who was serving a life
sentence in Hungary for axing to death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Margaryan,
was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by President Ilham Aliyev.
Official Yerevan reacted by suspending diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Hungary, however, states that it had sent Safarov back to Azerbaijan
after receiving assurances from the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry that
Safarov's sentence, which included the possibility of parole after
25 years, would be enforced.
According to some reports, Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan in
exchange for Azeri purchase of Hungarian securities worth Euro 2-3
billion, an information official Budapest denies.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 30, 2012 - 16:15 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Axe-killer Ramil Safarov was a mere puppet in
Azerbaijan's leader's hands, acting under Ilham Aliyev's orders,
a political analyst believes.
As Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan told a news conference, Safarov case is
being misrepresented, when in reality, the criminal merely got his
payment for executing presidential order 8,5 years ago.
"Safarov was Azeri way of suggesting no Armenian can be at rest until
Baku gains control of Karabakh," the expert said.
Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who was serving a life
sentence in Hungary for axing to death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Margaryan,
was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by President Ilham Aliyev.
Official Yerevan reacted by suspending diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Hungary, however, states that it had sent Safarov back to Azerbaijan
after receiving assurances from the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry that
Safarov's sentence, which included the possibility of parole after
25 years, would be enforced.
According to some reports, Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan in
exchange for Azeri purchase of Hungarian securities worth Euro 2-3
billion, an information official Budapest denies.