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HUNGARY'S FOREIGN MINISTRY: ALIYEV'S PARDON OF SAFAROV "UNACCEPTABLE"
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16:29, September 3, 2012
Here's today's statement of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry posted on
its website:
Hungary's Foreign Ministry told the ambassador of Azerbaijan in
Budapest on Sunday that the actions that followed the transfer home
of life-sentenced Azerbaijani Ramil Sahib Safarov are unacceptable to
Hungary, the foreign affairs state secretary at the prime minister's
office told Hunagrian News Agency MTI.
Peter Szijjarto, spokesman of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban,
reiterated that Hungary had acted in compliance with the European
Council's convention on the transfer of sentenced persons.
The legal representative of Safarov, convicted for murdering Armenian
fellow-soldier Gurgen Margaryan with an axe in 2004, had requested
from Hungary's justice ministry that he should be allowed to serve
the remaining part of his prison sentence in his home country,
Szijjarto said.
After the Hungarian Justice Ministry had contacted the Azerbaijani
authorities, they informed the ministry that the crime that Safarov
was convicted for would also qualify as a criminal act in Azerbaijan
and the punishment could be a life sentence. The authorities also
informed the ministry that Safarov would continue to serve his sentence
in Azerbaijan if he is transferred home, Szijjarto said.
Since Azerbaijan has failed to act in line with the official document
sent to Hungary, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry told the ambassador
of Azerbaijan that this course of action had been unacceptable for
Hungary.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/18095/hungary's-foreign-ministry-aliyev's-pardon-of-safarov-"unacceptable".html
16:29, September 3, 2012
Here's today's statement of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry posted on
its website:
Hungary's Foreign Ministry told the ambassador of Azerbaijan in
Budapest on Sunday that the actions that followed the transfer home
of life-sentenced Azerbaijani Ramil Sahib Safarov are unacceptable to
Hungary, the foreign affairs state secretary at the prime minister's
office told Hunagrian News Agency MTI.
Peter Szijjarto, spokesman of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban,
reiterated that Hungary had acted in compliance with the European
Council's convention on the transfer of sentenced persons.
The legal representative of Safarov, convicted for murdering Armenian
fellow-soldier Gurgen Margaryan with an axe in 2004, had requested
from Hungary's justice ministry that he should be allowed to serve
the remaining part of his prison sentence in his home country,
Szijjarto said.
After the Hungarian Justice Ministry had contacted the Azerbaijani
authorities, they informed the ministry that the crime that Safarov
was convicted for would also qualify as a criminal act in Azerbaijan
and the punishment could be a life sentence. The authorities also
informed the ministry that Safarov would continue to serve his sentence
in Azerbaijan if he is transferred home, Szijjarto said.
Since Azerbaijan has failed to act in line with the official document
sent to Hungary, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry told the ambassador
of Azerbaijan that this course of action had been unacceptable for
Hungary.