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Armenia was correct to sever diplomatic ties with Hungary - French MP
news.am
September 01, 2012 | 14:52
Granting pardon to a criminal who is sentenced to life is totally
unacceptable, French National Assembly member and Armenia-France
Interparliamentary Group Chairman François Rochebloine told Armenian
News-NEWS.am, commenting on the Hungarian government's extradition of
Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan, where he was immediately granted pardon
by the country's president.
Rochebloine said he is informed of the Armenian President's decision
to suspend diplomatic relations with Hungary over this incident.
`Armenian President's decision is correct from the diplomatic point of
view. Pardoning the criminal is impermissible; this will create future
complications between both countries,' he noted.
In response to the query as to the French MPs' approach to this
development, François Rochebloine stated that those MPs who are
informed of this incident fully support the position of Armenia.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, Armenia's President Serzh
Sargsyan convened, on Friday evening, a special consultation with the
chiefs of diplomatic missions of UN-member states that are accredited
in Armenia, and the heads of international organizations that function
in the country. During the meeting it was informed that Armenia
decided to suspend its diplomatic relations with Hungary for the
latter's extradition of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan.
Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani military, was
extradited on Friday 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.
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.
news.am
September 01, 2012 | 14:52
Granting pardon to a criminal who is sentenced to life is totally
unacceptable, French National Assembly member and Armenia-France
Interparliamentary Group Chairman François Rochebloine told Armenian
News-NEWS.am, commenting on the Hungarian government's extradition of
Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan, where he was immediately granted pardon
by the country's president.
Rochebloine said he is informed of the Armenian President's decision
to suspend diplomatic relations with Hungary over this incident.
`Armenian President's decision is correct from the diplomatic point of
view. Pardoning the criminal is impermissible; this will create future
complications between both countries,' he noted.
In response to the query as to the French MPs' approach to this
development, François Rochebloine stated that those MPs who are
informed of this incident fully support the position of Armenia.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, Armenia's President Serzh
Sargsyan convened, on Friday evening, a special consultation with the
chiefs of diplomatic missions of UN-member states that are accredited
in Armenia, and the heads of international organizations that function
in the country. During the meeting it was informed that Armenia
decided to suspend its diplomatic relations with Hungary for the
latter's extradition of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan.
Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani military, was
extradited on Friday 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.
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.