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RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT: SAFAROV CASE DIDN'T CONVEY TRUST TO KARABAKH PROCESS
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 18, 2012 - 13:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Extradition and Azerbaijani President's pardoning
of criminal Ramil Safarov convicted for axe-murdering an Armenian
officer sparked negative reaction in the international community,
according to OSCE Minsk Group co-chair (1992-1996), Russian diplomat
Vladimir Kazimirov.
"The important aspect of the "Safarov case" is that despite relations
with Baku, Hungarian government condemned the pardoning, saying it ran
counter to Azerbaijan's official statement to continue execution of
the sentence in the criminal's homeland. Despite Azerbaijan's Deputy
Justice Minister's statement that Safarov may be released on parole
only 25 years after the adjudication, Baku grossly turned a blind
eye to own pledges.
Ilham Aliyev keeps stating the war has not ended, with Azeri side
calling the contact line between the armed forces "frontline", and
the opposite side - "enemy". The electoral landscape in Armenia and
Azerbaijan has not facilitated OSCE Minsk Group's activity. With
the Safarov case having stirred additional tensions, no doubt, the
mediators will focus on the inadmissibility to further escalate the
situation by resumption of hostilities rather than settlement of
contentious issues," Mr. Kazimirov's article "The Mediators should
return to the start" reads.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 18, 2012 - 13:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Extradition and Azerbaijani President's pardoning
of criminal Ramil Safarov convicted for axe-murdering an Armenian
officer sparked negative reaction in the international community,
according to OSCE Minsk Group co-chair (1992-1996), Russian diplomat
Vladimir Kazimirov.
"The important aspect of the "Safarov case" is that despite relations
with Baku, Hungarian government condemned the pardoning, saying it ran
counter to Azerbaijan's official statement to continue execution of
the sentence in the criminal's homeland. Despite Azerbaijan's Deputy
Justice Minister's statement that Safarov may be released on parole
only 25 years after the adjudication, Baku grossly turned a blind
eye to own pledges.
Ilham Aliyev keeps stating the war has not ended, with Azeri side
calling the contact line between the armed forces "frontline", and
the opposite side - "enemy". The electoral landscape in Armenia and
Azerbaijan has not facilitated OSCE Minsk Group's activity. With
the Safarov case having stirred additional tensions, no doubt, the
mediators will focus on the inadmissibility to further escalate the
situation by resumption of hostilities rather than settlement of
contentious issues," Mr. Kazimirov's article "The Mediators should
return to the start" reads.