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I TOTALLY RESPECT ARMENIANS' RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR POSITION AND ANGER - EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER
NEWS.AM
September 27, 2012 | 14:11
YEREVAN. - I totally respect the Armenians' right to express their
position and anger in connection with Ramil Safarov's pardon and
glorification, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood Policy tefan Fule stated Thursday responding to
Armenian journalists' questions.
The European diplomat added that he deeply regrets the damage which
Safarov's pardon and glorification has caused to the Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process.
"Value-based interrelations are important for us, [and] at the same
time I call for restraint between words and actions," Fule noted.
He also urged to focus the efforts on establishing peace and stability,
since it is solely in this case that Armenia can fulfill its enormous
potential.
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 27, 2012 | 14:11
YEREVAN. - I totally respect the Armenians' right to express their
position and anger in connection with Ramil Safarov's pardon and
glorification, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood Policy tefan Fule stated Thursday responding to
Armenian journalists' questions.
The European diplomat added that he deeply regrets the damage which
Safarov's pardon and glorification has caused to the Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process.
"Value-based interrelations are important for us, [and] at the same
time I call for restraint between words and actions," Fule noted.
He also urged to focus the efforts on establishing peace and stability,
since it is solely in this case that Armenia can fulfill its enormous
potential.
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.