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FRANCE: SAFAROV PARDONING MAY UNDERMINE KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 4, 2012 - 14:28 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - French Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the
extradition and pardoning of Azeri assassin Ramil Safarov.
According to the Ministry statement, France, as well as other OSCE
Minsk Group members supports a peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.
The Ministry believes that Baku's decision to pardon the murderer may
seriously harm Karabakh conflict settlement negotiations as well as
efforts to promote the atmosphere of mutual trust.
Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who was serving a life
sentence in Hungary for axing to death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Margaryan,
was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev.
Official Yerevan reacted by suspending diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Hungary, however, states that it had sent Safarov back to Azerbaijan
after receiving assurances from the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry that
Safarov's sentence, which included the possibility of parole after
25 years, would be enforced.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 4, 2012 - 14:28 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - French Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the
extradition and pardoning of Azeri assassin Ramil Safarov.
According to the Ministry statement, France, as well as other OSCE
Minsk Group members supports a peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.
The Ministry believes that Baku's decision to pardon the murderer may
seriously harm Karabakh conflict settlement negotiations as well as
efforts to promote the atmosphere of mutual trust.
Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who was serving a life
sentence in Hungary for axing to death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Margaryan,
was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev.
Official Yerevan reacted by suspending diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Hungary, however, states that it had sent Safarov back to Azerbaijan
after receiving assurances from the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry that
Safarov's sentence, which included the possibility of parole after
25 years, would be enforced.