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    Jailed Armenian pilots may be extradited from Equatorial Guinea

    Noyan Tapan news agency
    2 Dec 04

    YEREVAN

    The Armenian authorities will continue providing every support to the
    six Armenian pilots convicted of attempting to stage a coup d'etat in
    Equatorial Guinea.

    Ambassador Sergey Manaseryan, who has received the text of the
    sentence handed down on 26 November, is expected to return to Yerevan
    from Malabo today, the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign
    Ministry, Gamlet Gasparyan, has told Noyan Tapan.

    It must be remembered that the captain of the aircraft has been
    sentenced to 24 years' imprisonment, while other pilots to 14 years.

    Speaking about further steps by the Armenian side, the press secretary
    pointed to the importance of signing an agreement on extradition
    between the two countries, adding that such a document is already
    being prepared. Only after that, will it be possible to negotiate the
    handover of the Armenian pilots. At the same time, the pilots' lawyer
    will continue taking steps to appeal against the sentence to the
    Supreme Court of Equatorial Guinea.

    Gasparyan said Armenia's confidence of the pilots' innocence is not
    abstract, but based on specific facts. As for the sentence, the
    Foreign Ministry spokesman said it was purely political given
    Equatorial Guinea's domestic problems.
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