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AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES REALIZED WITH A DELAY THAT SAFAROV'S DEAL WAS A MISTAKE: THOMAS DE WAAL
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16:11, 2 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 2, ARMENPRESS. Axe-killer Ramil Safarov, who murdered
Armenian Army Lieutenant Gourgen Margaryan when he was asleep,
is not considered a national hero in Azerbaijan and a number of
Azerbaijanis are shocked with that accident. The Senior Associate
in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, specializing primarily in the South Caucasus
region, Thomas de Waal stated this at the press conference held
on July 2. As reports "Armenpress" Thomas de Waal touched upon the
perception of Ramil Safarov's character in Azerbaijan and underscored:
"He is not a national hero. No doubt a lot of people consider him
a hero, but I personally know a number of people, who are shocked
with that accident." In addition Thomas de Waal underscored that the
Azerbaijani authorities realized with a delay that it was wrong to
set Safarov free and his disappearance is to prove that.
On February 19, 2004, Lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces
Gurgen Margaryan, was hacked to death, while asleep, by a fellow
Azerbaijani participant, lieutenant Ramil Safarov, in Budapest during
a three-month English language course in the framework of Partnership
for Peace NATO-sponsored program. The Hungarianauthorities extradited
the criminal on August 31, 2012, despite the fact that the Hungarian
court had sentenced Ramil Safarov to a life imprisonment with no right
to be pardoned in 30 years time. The assassin was not just released
in homeland, but elevated to the rank of major as well.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/724775/azerbaijani-authorities-realized-with-a-delay-that-safarovs-deal-was-a-mistake-thomas-de-waal.html
16:11, 2 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 2, ARMENPRESS. Axe-killer Ramil Safarov, who murdered
Armenian Army Lieutenant Gourgen Margaryan when he was asleep,
is not considered a national hero in Azerbaijan and a number of
Azerbaijanis are shocked with that accident. The Senior Associate
in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, specializing primarily in the South Caucasus
region, Thomas de Waal stated this at the press conference held
on July 2. As reports "Armenpress" Thomas de Waal touched upon the
perception of Ramil Safarov's character in Azerbaijan and underscored:
"He is not a national hero. No doubt a lot of people consider him
a hero, but I personally know a number of people, who are shocked
with that accident." In addition Thomas de Waal underscored that the
Azerbaijani authorities realized with a delay that it was wrong to
set Safarov free and his disappearance is to prove that.
On February 19, 2004, Lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces
Gurgen Margaryan, was hacked to death, while asleep, by a fellow
Azerbaijani participant, lieutenant Ramil Safarov, in Budapest during
a three-month English language course in the framework of Partnership
for Peace NATO-sponsored program. The Hungarianauthorities extradited
the criminal on August 31, 2012, despite the fact that the Hungarian
court had sentenced Ramil Safarov to a life imprisonment with no right
to be pardoned in 30 years time. The assassin was not just released
in homeland, but elevated to the rank of major as well.