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ARMENIAN POLICE REFUSE TO ATTEND SESSION OF CIS INTERIOR MINISTERS COUNCIL IN BAKU AND RECALL ALL ITS OFFICERS FROM BUDAPEST
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Monday, September 3, 16:47
Armenian Police will not attend the session of the CIS Interior
Ministers Council in Baku on September 6.
The statement disseminated by the Armenian Police press-service on
September 3 says that the CIS interior ministries serve to fight any
displays of crime, while the host country of the session promotes
vicious crimes. "So, discussing counteraction to crimes is morally
inadmissible in the territory of Azerbaijan," the statement says.
The Police recalled that Azerbaijan has not only achieved extradition
of the murderer Ramil Safarov who killed Armenian officer Gurgen
Margaryan in Hungary, but also granted him pardon and a higher military
rank. Head of the Armenian Police transferred the powers of Chairman
of the Council of Interior Ministers to the Interior Minister of
Russia. For the same reason, the Police recalled 10 police officers
undergoing training in Budapest with the support of the U.S. Embassy.
"Delegation of the Armenian Police can no longer stay in the territory
of a country that denied justice and made a deal with the Azerbaijani
authorities. Therefore, the delegation of the Armenian Police will
leave Budapest for Armenia shortly. I think that the U.S. Government
will understand out step, considering that President Obama has already
expressed his concern over the actions of the Hungarian and Azerbaijani
authorities," says the address by Vladimir Gasparyan, Head of the
Armenian Police, to U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern.
To recall, the scandal involving Hungary, Armenia and Azerbaijan broke
out on Friday following Budapest's extradition of Ramil Safarov on
August 31. Azeri officer Ramil Safarov was sentenced by a Hungarian
court to life in jail for killing sleeping Armenian officer Gurgen
Margaryan with an axe in Budapest in 2004. Both the officers were
undergoing an English language course under the NATO PfP program. The
same day after Safarov's extradition, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev
decreed to pardon the criminal and granted him a rank of Major.
The same say the Armenian authorities adopted a decision to suspend
diplomatic relations and official contacts with Hungary. President of
Armenia Serzh Sargsyan made public the decision at a special meeting
with the heads of diplomatic missions on Friday after the Hungarian
authorities extradited Safarov.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
arminfo
Monday, September 3, 16:47
Armenian Police will not attend the session of the CIS Interior
Ministers Council in Baku on September 6.
The statement disseminated by the Armenian Police press-service on
September 3 says that the CIS interior ministries serve to fight any
displays of crime, while the host country of the session promotes
vicious crimes. "So, discussing counteraction to crimes is morally
inadmissible in the territory of Azerbaijan," the statement says.
The Police recalled that Azerbaijan has not only achieved extradition
of the murderer Ramil Safarov who killed Armenian officer Gurgen
Margaryan in Hungary, but also granted him pardon and a higher military
rank. Head of the Armenian Police transferred the powers of Chairman
of the Council of Interior Ministers to the Interior Minister of
Russia. For the same reason, the Police recalled 10 police officers
undergoing training in Budapest with the support of the U.S. Embassy.
"Delegation of the Armenian Police can no longer stay in the territory
of a country that denied justice and made a deal with the Azerbaijani
authorities. Therefore, the delegation of the Armenian Police will
leave Budapest for Armenia shortly. I think that the U.S. Government
will understand out step, considering that President Obama has already
expressed his concern over the actions of the Hungarian and Azerbaijani
authorities," says the address by Vladimir Gasparyan, Head of the
Armenian Police, to U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern.
To recall, the scandal involving Hungary, Armenia and Azerbaijan broke
out on Friday following Budapest's extradition of Ramil Safarov on
August 31. Azeri officer Ramil Safarov was sentenced by a Hungarian
court to life in jail for killing sleeping Armenian officer Gurgen
Margaryan with an axe in Budapest in 2004. Both the officers were
undergoing an English language course under the NATO PfP program. The
same day after Safarov's extradition, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev
decreed to pardon the criminal and granted him a rank of Major.
The same say the Armenian authorities adopted a decision to suspend
diplomatic relations and official contacts with Hungary. President of
Armenia Serzh Sargsyan made public the decision at a special meeting
with the heads of diplomatic missions on Friday after the Hungarian
authorities extradited Safarov.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress