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US TO CONSISTENTLY SEEK EXPLANATIONS FROM AZERBAIJAN, HUNGARY - JOHN HEFFERN
tert.am
10.09.12
As OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, the United States is against any
steps that may affect the unstable peace process, US Ambassador to
Armenia John Heffern stated at a briefing held jointly with Armenia's
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan.
The US made a statement on the extradition of Ramil Safarov to
Azerbaijan and pardon granted to him by President Ilham Aliyev.
Ambassador John Heffern recalled that the statement conveyed the US
administration's extreme concern over the fact.
The US will consistently seek explanations from Azerbaijan and Hungary,
the US ambassador said. A relevant dialogue is in progress, he added.
In his turn, Armenia's prosecutor general noted that Ramil Safarov
was actually acquitted rather than granted a pardon as it is only in
the former case that a person receives compensation for a prison term.
"I feel sorry that there is a nation heroizing a person that killed
a sleeping man with an ax," Hovsepyan said. President Ilham Aliyev
violated Azerbaijan's laws by granting a pardon to Ramil Safarov,
as no president can acquit a person convicted in a foreign country.
Azerbaijan deliberately dishonored the verdict returned by the
Hungarian court. That is, Azerbaijan committed a crime.
Aghvan Hovsepyan reminded Ambassador John Heffern of Azerbaijan's
efforts to get the murderer acquitted by means of false forensic
psychiatry reports.
Aghvan Hovsepyan stressed that Azerbaijan's step acquitting a person
that committed a heinous crime on ethnic grounds is not aimed at the
Armenian people alone. It was a violation of international justice.
tert.am
10.09.12
As OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, the United States is against any
steps that may affect the unstable peace process, US Ambassador to
Armenia John Heffern stated at a briefing held jointly with Armenia's
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan.
The US made a statement on the extradition of Ramil Safarov to
Azerbaijan and pardon granted to him by President Ilham Aliyev.
Ambassador John Heffern recalled that the statement conveyed the US
administration's extreme concern over the fact.
The US will consistently seek explanations from Azerbaijan and Hungary,
the US ambassador said. A relevant dialogue is in progress, he added.
In his turn, Armenia's prosecutor general noted that Ramil Safarov
was actually acquitted rather than granted a pardon as it is only in
the former case that a person receives compensation for a prison term.
"I feel sorry that there is a nation heroizing a person that killed
a sleeping man with an ax," Hovsepyan said. President Ilham Aliyev
violated Azerbaijan's laws by granting a pardon to Ramil Safarov,
as no president can acquit a person convicted in a foreign country.
Azerbaijan deliberately dishonored the verdict returned by the
Hungarian court. That is, Azerbaijan committed a crime.
Aghvan Hovsepyan reminded Ambassador John Heffern of Azerbaijan's
efforts to get the murderer acquitted by means of false forensic
psychiatry reports.
Aghvan Hovsepyan stressed that Azerbaijan's step acquitting a person
that committed a heinous crime on ethnic grounds is not aimed at the
Armenian people alone. It was a violation of international justice.