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Ukraine's former ambassador supports Armenia's decision to suspend
diplomatic ties with Hungary
NEWS.AM
September 01, 2012 | 13:43
Ukraine's former Ambassador to Armenia, Alexander Bozhko, supports
Armenia's decision to suspend diplomatic relations with Hungary over
the latter's extradition of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan,
Analitika.at.ua reports.
`As someone who knows the South Caucasus region well and as a
diplomat, I support Armenia's decision as a protest against that
country's actual release of a murderer,' he said.
`Severing diplomatic ties is an extreme step in international
practice, but this is that case when Armenia had no alternative. That
very same right was brazenly, demonstratively violated by hiding
behind international references. [And] Not counting mankind's age-old
principle of compensating for an evil deed,' Bozhko remarked.
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.
From: Baghdasarian
diplomatic ties with Hungary
NEWS.AM
September 01, 2012 | 13:43
Ukraine's former Ambassador to Armenia, Alexander Bozhko, supports
Armenia's decision to suspend diplomatic relations with Hungary over
the latter's extradition of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan,
Analitika.at.ua reports.
`As someone who knows the South Caucasus region well and as a
diplomat, I support Armenia's decision as a protest against that
country's actual release of a murderer,' he said.
`Severing diplomatic ties is an extreme step in international
practice, but this is that case when Armenia had no alternative. That
very same right was brazenly, demonstratively violated by hiding
behind international references. [And] Not counting mankind's age-old
principle of compensating for an evil deed,' Bozhko remarked.
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.
From: Baghdasarian