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SAFAROV'S PARDON WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO KARABAKH SETTLEMENT - NATO SECRETARY GENERAL (PHOTOS)
news.am
September 06, 2012 | 12:57
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan granted pardon to Ramil Safarov, who committed
a brutal murder, and this should not be glorified, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
stated Thursday, while addressing the students and faculty at Yerevan
State University (YSU), and noted that he is deeply concerned over
this development (PHOTOS).
In NATO Secretary General's words, the granting of pardon will not
contribute to peaceful settlement of the relations between Armenia
and Azerbaijan.
"The conflict between the two countries must not resume, the tension
must be weakened and not escalated. The Caucasus region is endowed
with great possibilities. Armenia has great resources, NATO assists
Armenia in building peace and stability in the region because Armenia
deserves it. Some people think this is impossible, but we must achieve
it," Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
To note, around 200-300 youth had held a demonstration Thursday,
in front of YSUCentralBuilding, to protest NATO Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen's visit to Armenia and YSU.
The young people held banners protesting Hungary's extradition of
Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan and his being pardoned there, Armenian
News-NEWS.am reporter informed from YSU.
Aside from banners, the young protesters also held Gurgen Margaryan's
picture as well as his killer, Ramil Safarov's photograph with a red
cross on it.
And upon NATO Secretary General's arrival at YSU, the youth chanted
"Justice!" while Anders Fogh Rasmussen saluted them and entered
the University.
While in Yerevan the NATO Secretary General will meet with President
Serzh Sargsyan, FM Edward Nalbandian, and Defense Minister Seyran
Ohanyan.
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.
From: Baghdasarian
news.am
September 06, 2012 | 12:57
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan granted pardon to Ramil Safarov, who committed
a brutal murder, and this should not be glorified, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
stated Thursday, while addressing the students and faculty at Yerevan
State University (YSU), and noted that he is deeply concerned over
this development (PHOTOS).
In NATO Secretary General's words, the granting of pardon will not
contribute to peaceful settlement of the relations between Armenia
and Azerbaijan.
"The conflict between the two countries must not resume, the tension
must be weakened and not escalated. The Caucasus region is endowed
with great possibilities. Armenia has great resources, NATO assists
Armenia in building peace and stability in the region because Armenia
deserves it. Some people think this is impossible, but we must achieve
it," Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
To note, around 200-300 youth had held a demonstration Thursday,
in front of YSUCentralBuilding, to protest NATO Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen's visit to Armenia and YSU.
The young people held banners protesting Hungary's extradition of
Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan and his being pardoned there, Armenian
News-NEWS.am reporter informed from YSU.
Aside from banners, the young protesters also held Gurgen Margaryan's
picture as well as his killer, Ramil Safarov's photograph with a red
cross on it.
And upon NATO Secretary General's arrival at YSU, the youth chanted
"Justice!" while Anders Fogh Rasmussen saluted them and entered
the University.
While in Yerevan the NATO Secretary General will meet with President
Serzh Sargsyan, FM Edward Nalbandian, and Defense Minister Seyran
Ohanyan.
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.
From: Baghdasarian