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ARFD: ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE TO EXTRADITION OF RAMIL SAFAROV WAS BELATED
arminfo
Tuesday, September 4, 17:02
Armenian president's response to extradition of Ramil Safarov was
harsh but belated, Aghvan Vardanyan, Head of ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party'
faction told media, Tuesday. Only Washington immediately responded
Serzh Sargsyan's statement on extradition and pardoning of the
Azerbaiani officer Ramil Safarov, who decapitated Armenian officer
Gurgen Margaryan, which is evidence of Armenia's low international
image.
"Our problems in the world arena will be neglected unless we are an
influential country in the region," he said.
Vardanyan does not expect any adequate response by the international
community to extradition and pardoning of Safarov, because over the
last 150 years the world community has been guided with dual standards
and criteria.
On August 31 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 Azeri officer Ramil Safarov, who 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. The Hungarian Foreign
Ministry declared that they extradited Safarov only after receiving
relevant guarantees of official Baku that the criminal will continue
serving his sentence in Azerbaijan.
arminfo
Tuesday, September 4, 17:02
Armenian president's response to extradition of Ramil Safarov was
harsh but belated, Aghvan Vardanyan, Head of ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party'
faction told media, Tuesday. Only Washington immediately responded
Serzh Sargsyan's statement on extradition and pardoning of the
Azerbaiani officer Ramil Safarov, who decapitated Armenian officer
Gurgen Margaryan, which is evidence of Armenia's low international
image.
"Our problems in the world arena will be neglected unless we are an
influential country in the region," he said.
Vardanyan does not expect any adequate response by the international
community to extradition and pardoning of Safarov, because over the
last 150 years the world community has been guided with dual standards
and criteria.
On August 31 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 Azeri officer Ramil Safarov, who 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. The Hungarian Foreign
Ministry declared that they extradited Safarov only after receiving
relevant guarantees of official Baku that the criminal will continue
serving his sentence in Azerbaijan.