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ARMENIA MUST DEMAND SAFAROV'S RETURN TO HUNGARY - OPPOSITION PARTY
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September 13, 2012 | 13:43
YEREVAN. - Armenia did not take certain measures in connection
with Ramil Safarov's extradition and subsequent release, opposition
Heritage Party Administration Secretary and former MP Stepan Safaryan
said during a press conference on Thursday.
As per Safaryan, it is extremely wrong to place hopes solely on the
statements by other countries and international organizations.
"Clear steps are in need to send Safarov back to prison. In addition,
the criminal lawsuit against Safarov must be reexamined," Safaryan
noted.
In his view, on the whole, this lawsuit was nut fully examined in
Budapest.
"The fact of the murder was examined, but no assessment was given on
Azerbaijan's participation in the setting up of this crime," Stepan
Safaryan stressed.
The former MP also noted that the European Convention was breached
once Safarov was extradited, because this case does not end with the
criminal's extradition, as he was released, too.
"All grounds are there to demand Safarov's return to prison," Stepan
Safaryan remarked.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004.
As expected, Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was
his act of murder, by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's
government and much of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani
president immediately granted him a pardon.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31 that
Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning is condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
news.am
September 13, 2012 | 13:43
YEREVAN. - Armenia did not take certain measures in connection
with Ramil Safarov's extradition and subsequent release, opposition
Heritage Party Administration Secretary and former MP Stepan Safaryan
said during a press conference on Thursday.
As per Safaryan, it is extremely wrong to place hopes solely on the
statements by other countries and international organizations.
"Clear steps are in need to send Safarov back to prison. In addition,
the criminal lawsuit against Safarov must be reexamined," Safaryan
noted.
In his view, on the whole, this lawsuit was nut fully examined in
Budapest.
"The fact of the murder was examined, but no assessment was given on
Azerbaijan's participation in the setting up of this crime," Stepan
Safaryan stressed.
The former MP also noted that the European Convention was breached
once Safarov was extradited, because this case does not end with the
criminal's extradition, as he was released, too.
"All grounds are there to demand Safarov's return to prison," Stepan
Safaryan remarked.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004.
As expected, Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was
his act of murder, by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's
government and much of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani
president immediately granted him a pardon.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31 that
Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning is condemned by virtually all international
organizations.