Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Ashton And Fule Are Concerned About The Decision Of The President Of

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Ashton And Fule Are Concerned About The Decision Of The President Of

    ASHTON AND FULE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN TO RELEASE RAMIL SAFAROV

    ARMENPRESS
    3 September, 2012
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS: Catherine Ashton, High Representative
    of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
    tefan Fule, European Commissioner on Enlargement and Neighborhood
    Policy issued today the following statement on the release of Ramil
    Safarov. As Armenpress was informed at the Press center of the
    European External Action Service, the statement reads as follows,
    "The High Representative and Commissioner Fule are concerned by the
    news that the President of

    Azerbaijan has pardoned Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov, who
    was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of
    Armenian Army officer Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest in 2004.

    Ramil Safarov was transferred from Hungary to Azerbaijan on 31 August
    on the basis of an

    Azerbaijani request, in the framework of the Convention of Strasbourg
    on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons of 21 March 1983, to serve the
    rest of his sentence. EU representatives are in contact with the
    relevant authorities and will continue to follow the situation closely.

    In the interest of regional stability and on-going efforts towards
    reconciliation, the High

    Representative and Commissioner Fule reiterate their call on Azerbaijan
    and Armenia to exercise restraint, on the ground as well as in public
    statements, in order to prevent an escalation of the situation."

Working...
X