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    HUNGARY CONSIDERS "UNACCEPTABLE" AZERBAIJAN'S DECISION TO PARDON RAMIL SAFAROV

    Mediamax
    http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/politics/5721/
    Sept 3 2012
    Armenia

    Yerevan, September 3. /Mediamax/. Hungary considers it unacceptable
    and expresses utter disapproval at the fact that Ramil Safarov, who
    was sentenced for manslaughter by Hungarian court, received pardon
    from the President of Azerbaijan.

    Zsolt Nemeth, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign
    Affairs, asked Vilayat Guliyev, Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Hungary,
    into his office on September 2 to inform Ambassador Guliyev about
    the position of the Government of Hungary.

    Zsolt Nemeth has pointed out that the measures made by Azerbaijan are
    contrary to the relevant rules of international law and blatantly
    contradict the promise officially confirmed by Azerbaijan earlier
    that Safarov would continue to serve his sentence in Azerbaijan."The
    steps taken by the Azeri party are not appropriate with respect to
    the relation of mutual trust that has developed between our countries
    over the past years, and which could serve to further improve our
    bilateral cooperation", Hungary's MFA stated.

    The Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    handed over the following diplomatic note to the Ambassador of
    Azerbaijan:

    "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary presents its compliments
    to the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Budapest and has the
    honour to communicate the following.

    The Government of Hungary was astonished to receive the news about
    the decision of the Azerbaijani side granting pardon to Ramil Sahib
    Safarov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for manslaughter
    in 2006.

    Hungary refuses to accept and condemns the action of Azerbaijan,
    which contradicts the relevant rules of international law and sharply
    contrasts the undertaking of the Azerbaijani side in this matter,
    confirmed by the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of
    Azerbaijan in his letter XX-NBSKFO/3743/4/2012 of 15 August 2012
    addressed to the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice
    of Hungary. In this letter the Republic of Azerbaijan quoting the
    relevant international Convention undertook that the sentenced person
    will serve the remaining part of his prison sentence in the Republic
    of Azerbaijan and may be released on conditional parole only after
    he has served at least 25 years of his sentence.

    Hungary regards the decision of Azerbaijan inconsistent with the
    spirit of cooperation based on mutual trust that has been achieved
    during the past years between our respective countries.

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary avails itself of this
    opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in
    Budapest the assurances of its highest considerations".

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