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THE HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT'S REACTIONS TO THE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RELEASE OF RAMIL SAHIB SAFAROV BY AZERI AUTHORITIES
Prime Minister's Office
http://www.kormany.hu/en/prime-minister-s-office/news/the-safarov-transfer-case
Sept 5 2012
Hungary
Prime Minister Viktor Orban emphasised on Monday that Hungary complied
with international regulations regarding Ramil Sahib Safarov's transfer
to Azerbaijan. He added that the rules of international law are shaped
openly and not on the basis of secret agreements.
Regarding the sudden and unexpected release of Safarov by Azeri
authorities on Friday, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Ministry of Public Administration and Justice released a joint
statement emphasising that Safarov's transfer was prepared and carried
out by Hungary transparently and in accordance with international law.
Hungary expects the same approach from its international partners
the statement added, also underlining the country's profound respect
for Armenia.
Following the international outcry of Armenians, Parliamentary State
Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Nemeth asked
Vilayat Guliyev, Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Hungary to his office to
inform him about the position of the Hungarian Government and handed
over a diplomatic note to the Ambassador. The diplomatic note stated
that Azerbaijan's actions were in sharp contrast with the assurance
received earlier from the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of
Azerbaijan in his letter of 15 August 2012, addressed to the Ministry
of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary. In this letter the
Republic of Azerbaijan, quoting the relevant international Convention,
undertook that the sentenced person will serve the remaining part of
his prison sentence in the Republic of Azerbaijan and may be released
on conditional parole only after he has served at least 25 years of
his sentence.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations
Peter Szijjarto in several television and radio interviews informed
the public that every aspect of the transfer was in accordance with
the 1983 Strasbourg Convention and was a transparent procedure. He
denied every allegation indicating that the case was influenced by
energy relations between Hungary and Azerbaijan.
(Prime Minister's Office)
From: Baghdasarian
Prime Minister's Office
http://www.kormany.hu/en/prime-minister-s-office/news/the-safarov-transfer-case
Sept 5 2012
Hungary
Prime Minister Viktor Orban emphasised on Monday that Hungary complied
with international regulations regarding Ramil Sahib Safarov's transfer
to Azerbaijan. He added that the rules of international law are shaped
openly and not on the basis of secret agreements.
Regarding the sudden and unexpected release of Safarov by Azeri
authorities on Friday, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Ministry of Public Administration and Justice released a joint
statement emphasising that Safarov's transfer was prepared and carried
out by Hungary transparently and in accordance with international law.
Hungary expects the same approach from its international partners
the statement added, also underlining the country's profound respect
for Armenia.
Following the international outcry of Armenians, Parliamentary State
Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Nemeth asked
Vilayat Guliyev, Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Hungary to his office to
inform him about the position of the Hungarian Government and handed
over a diplomatic note to the Ambassador. The diplomatic note stated
that Azerbaijan's actions were in sharp contrast with the assurance
received earlier from the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of
Azerbaijan in his letter of 15 August 2012, addressed to the Ministry
of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary. In this letter the
Republic of Azerbaijan, quoting the relevant international Convention,
undertook that the sentenced person will serve the remaining part of
his prison sentence in the Republic of Azerbaijan and may be released
on conditional parole only after he has served at least 25 years of
his sentence.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations
Peter Szijjarto in several television and radio interviews informed
the public that every aspect of the transfer was in accordance with
the 1983 Strasbourg Convention and was a transparent procedure. He
denied every allegation indicating that the case was influenced by
energy relations between Hungary and Azerbaijan.
(Prime Minister's Office)
From: Baghdasarian