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    Interfax, Russia
    Aug 31 2012


    Yerevan outraged by extradition of Armenian soldier murder convict to Baku

    YEREVAN. Aug 31


    Yerevan has expressed its bewilderment over the decision by Hungarian
    authorities to extradite Azeri soldier Ramil Safarov, who is serving a
    life sentence in Budapest for killing an Armenian Army officer, Gurgen
    Markarian.

    "The decision by the Hungarian authorities to extradite criminal
    Safarov to Azerbaijan causes indignation and bewilderment, to say the
    least, because it was clear what the murderer is facing in
    Azerbaijan," Armenia's ruling Republican Party spokesman and
    Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov said.

    Senior lieutenant Safarov killed Markarian for desecrating an Azeri
    flag in Hungary in 2004.

    On April 13, 2006, Safarov was sentenced to a life in prison without a
    right for parole in the first 30 years. Both officers were in Budapest
    to do an English language course organized under NATO's Partnership
    for Peace Program.

    Yerevan is also outraged by the fact that Safarov was pardoned by
    Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev.

    "I believe that the decision to pardon the murderer should be not left
    without a response and deserves a condemnation on the part of
    international community," the Armenian deputy speaker said.

    Armenian President Serzh Sargsian called an emergency meeting of the
    National Security Council, the Armenian president's spokesperson told
    Interfax on Friday.

    The president also invited to the meeting UN diplomats and local heads
    of international organizations accredited in Armenia.

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