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NATO SECRETARY GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON GRANTING PARDON TO SAFAROV NOT CLEAR ENOUGH - EXPERT
news.am
September 06, 2012 | 23:10
YEREVAN. - The NATO Secretary General's statement on granting a
pardon to murderer Ramil Safarov was not quite clear, expert Richard
Giragossian told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Accoriding to him, the NATO Secretary General expressed his concerns
about the Safarov case, as this step does impact on the stability in
the region.
"However, I believe that the NATO Secretary General's statement was
not clear enough. I do hope that he will give rougher estimations in
Azerbaijan on Saturday, in particular during the meeting with the
Azerbaijani President. In addition, Azerbaijan currently is not an
adequate partner for peace talks," he added.
As the agency informed earlier, during his upcoming meeting in
Baku with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, NATO Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen will express his concerns, which are very clear,
Rasmussen himself stated this Thursday during his joint briefing with
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan.
"During my meeting in Azerbaijan I will convey to Azerbaijan's
president my message, which is very simple and apparent. I'm truly
concerned by the granting pardon to Ramil Safarov. What occurred
eight years ago was a crime, and it must not be glorified. I will
convey this message tomorrow to Azerbaijan's president," Anders Fogh
Rasmussen stated.
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.
From: Baghdasarian
news.am
September 06, 2012 | 23:10
YEREVAN. - The NATO Secretary General's statement on granting a
pardon to murderer Ramil Safarov was not quite clear, expert Richard
Giragossian told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Accoriding to him, the NATO Secretary General expressed his concerns
about the Safarov case, as this step does impact on the stability in
the region.
"However, I believe that the NATO Secretary General's statement was
not clear enough. I do hope that he will give rougher estimations in
Azerbaijan on Saturday, in particular during the meeting with the
Azerbaijani President. In addition, Azerbaijan currently is not an
adequate partner for peace talks," he added.
As the agency informed earlier, during his upcoming meeting in
Baku with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, NATO Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen will express his concerns, which are very clear,
Rasmussen himself stated this Thursday during his joint briefing with
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan.
"During my meeting in Azerbaijan I will convey to Azerbaijan's
president my message, which is very simple and apparent. I'm truly
concerned by the granting pardon to Ramil Safarov. What occurred
eight years ago was a crime, and it must not be glorified. I will
convey this message tomorrow to Azerbaijan's president," Anders Fogh
Rasmussen stated.
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.
From: Baghdasarian