ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS SUGGEST NATO SECRETARY GENERAL TO SUSPEND AZERBAIJAN'S MEMBERSHIP FROM PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE PROGRAMME
Mediamax
Sept 5 2012
Armenia
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian Atlantic Association (AAA) and Harvard
Alumni Club of Armenia (HACA) addressed a letter to NATO Secretary
General Anders Fogh Rasmussen who will arrive to Yerevan later today.
"75 members of Harvard Alumni Club of Armenia (HACA) and Armenian
Atlantic Association (AAA), an Armenian member of Atlantic Treaty
Association, express their concern regarding the extradition of a
convicted murderer and Azeri officer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan, his
pardon by the Azeri President, his glorification as a national hero.
There are even more troublesome reports in the media, stating that
it is only the first step of the plan of the Azerbaijani leadership,
which is preparing to kill Safarov, blame Armenians for the murder
and using it as a justification to re-start the war over Nagorno
Karabakh/Artsakh.
We also call upon to You to officially and vocally condemn the pardon
and glorification of Safarov by Azerbaijan in order to reiterate the
principles of NATO's Partnership for Peace Programme. We also believe
that the North Atlantic Council must convene a meeting at the level
of Ministers or Ambassadors to discuss the suspension of Azerbaijan's
membership from NATO's Partnership for Peace Programme as well as
to question the reasons and circumstances of the extradition of the
murderer by its Ally Hungary and to examine the reported mediation
role of its another Ally Turkey in facilitating the deal between
Hungary and Azerbaijan", the letter reads.
Mediamax
Sept 5 2012
Armenia
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian Atlantic Association (AAA) and Harvard
Alumni Club of Armenia (HACA) addressed a letter to NATO Secretary
General Anders Fogh Rasmussen who will arrive to Yerevan later today.
"75 members of Harvard Alumni Club of Armenia (HACA) and Armenian
Atlantic Association (AAA), an Armenian member of Atlantic Treaty
Association, express their concern regarding the extradition of a
convicted murderer and Azeri officer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan, his
pardon by the Azeri President, his glorification as a national hero.
There are even more troublesome reports in the media, stating that
it is only the first step of the plan of the Azerbaijani leadership,
which is preparing to kill Safarov, blame Armenians for the murder
and using it as a justification to re-start the war over Nagorno
Karabakh/Artsakh.
We also call upon to You to officially and vocally condemn the pardon
and glorification of Safarov by Azerbaijan in order to reiterate the
principles of NATO's Partnership for Peace Programme. We also believe
that the North Atlantic Council must convene a meeting at the level
of Ministers or Ambassadors to discuss the suspension of Azerbaijan's
membership from NATO's Partnership for Peace Programme as well as
to question the reasons and circumstances of the extradition of the
murderer by its Ally Hungary and to examine the reported mediation
role of its another Ally Turkey in facilitating the deal between
Hungary and Azerbaijan", the letter reads.