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EU CONCERNED BY RELEASE OF ARMENIAN OFFICER'S KILLER IN AZERBAIJAN
ITAR-TASS
September 3, 2012 Monday 11:05 PM GMT+4
Russia
Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy, and Stefan Fule, European Commissioner
for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, voiced concern about the
release of Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov, who was convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Armenian Army
officer Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest in 2004.
"The High Representative and Commissioner Fule are concerned by
the news that the President of Azerbaijan has pardoned Azerbaijani
army officer Ramil Safarov, who was convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of Armenian Army officer Gurgen Margaryan
in Budapest in 2004," their spokespersons said in a statement on
Monday, September 3.
Ramil Safarov was transferred from Hungary to Azerbaijan on August
31 on the basis of an Azerbaijani request, in the framework of the
Convention of Strasbourg on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons of March
21, 1983, to serve the rest of his sentence. "EU representatives are
in contact with the relevant authorities and will continue to follow
the situation closely," the statement said.
"In the interest of regional stability and on-going efforts towards
reconciliation, the High Representative and Commissioner Fule
reiterate their call on Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise restraint,
on the ground as well as in public statements, in order to prevent
an escalation of the situation," the document said.
ITAR-TASS
September 3, 2012 Monday 11:05 PM GMT+4
Russia
Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy, and Stefan Fule, European Commissioner
for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, voiced concern about the
release of Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov, who was convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Armenian Army
officer Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest in 2004.
"The High Representative and Commissioner Fule are concerned by
the news that the President of Azerbaijan has pardoned Azerbaijani
army officer Ramil Safarov, who was convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of Armenian Army officer Gurgen Margaryan
in Budapest in 2004," their spokespersons said in a statement on
Monday, September 3.
Ramil Safarov was transferred from Hungary to Azerbaijan on August
31 on the basis of an Azerbaijani request, in the framework of the
Convention of Strasbourg on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons of March
21, 1983, to serve the rest of his sentence. "EU representatives are
in contact with the relevant authorities and will continue to follow
the situation closely," the statement said.
"In the interest of regional stability and on-going efforts towards
reconciliation, the High Representative and Commissioner Fule
reiterate their call on Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise restraint,
on the ground as well as in public statements, in order to prevent
an escalation of the situation," the document said.