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HUNGARIAN PM: IT IS IN HUNGARY'S INTEREST TO STAY OUT OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
arminfo
Friday, September 7, 19:46
Hungary had not only acted in good faith when it repatriated the
Azeri convicted for murdering an Armenian, but did so according to
European legal and civilized norms, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor
Orban told public radio in an interview broadcast on Friday.
Orban told Kossuth Radio that the events surrounding the current
dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia were not about Hungary but
about two other countries. "This dispute is not about us ... this is
not our conflict, this is not Hungary's interest."
He added that it was in Hungary's interest to "stay out of this
conflict, and this is now the case."
Hungary can be proud of its cabinet, which followed transparent
European legal practice well known to all, Orban said. If a state
guarantees in writing that they will continue the sentence of a
criminal convicted in Hungary, then Hungary will transfer the person.
"If we get a written statement, then we will fulfil the request,"
Orban said.
Ramil Safarov, an Azeri officer sentenced by a Hungarian court to
life in jail for brutally killing an Armenian officer in Budapest
in 2004, was extradited to Azerbaijan on Aug 31 and pardoned by the
Azeri President once back home.
arminfo
Friday, September 7, 19:46
Hungary had not only acted in good faith when it repatriated the
Azeri convicted for murdering an Armenian, but did so according to
European legal and civilized norms, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor
Orban told public radio in an interview broadcast on Friday.
Orban told Kossuth Radio that the events surrounding the current
dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia were not about Hungary but
about two other countries. "This dispute is not about us ... this is
not our conflict, this is not Hungary's interest."
He added that it was in Hungary's interest to "stay out of this
conflict, and this is now the case."
Hungary can be proud of its cabinet, which followed transparent
European legal practice well known to all, Orban said. If a state
guarantees in writing that they will continue the sentence of a
criminal convicted in Hungary, then Hungary will transfer the person.
"If we get a written statement, then we will fulfil the request,"
Orban said.
Ramil Safarov, an Azeri officer sentenced by a Hungarian court to
life in jail for brutally killing an Armenian officer in Budapest
in 2004, was extradited to Azerbaijan on Aug 31 and pardoned by the
Azeri President once back home.