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Hungary’s Foreign Ministry: Aliyev’s Pardon of Safarov “Unacceptable”

Here’s today’s statement of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry posted on its website:

Hungary's Foreign Ministry told the ambassador of Azerbaijan in Budapest on Sunday that the actions that followed the transfer home of life-sentenced Azerbaijani Ramil Sahib Safarov are unacceptable to Hungary, the foreign affairs state secretary at the prime minister's office told Hunagrian News Agency MTI.

Peter Szijjarto, spokesman of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, reiterated that Hungary had acted in compliance with the European Council's convention on the transfer of sentenced persons. 

The legal representative of Safarov, convicted for murdering Armenian fellow-soldier Gurgen Margaryan with an axe in 2004, had requested from Hungary's justice ministry that he should be allowed to serve the remaining part of his prison sentence in his home country, Szijjarto said.

After the Hungarian Justice Ministry had contacted the Azerbaijani authorities, they informed the ministry that the crime that Safarov was convicted for would also qualify as a criminal act in Azerbaijan and the punishment could be a life sentence. The authorities also informed the ministry that Safarov would continue to serve his sentence in Azerbaijan if he is transferred home, Szijjarto said.

Since Azerbaijan has failed to act in line with the official document sent to Hungary, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry told the ambassador of Azerbaijan that this course of action had been unacceptable for Hungary.

Comments (2)

jeanjaques
So, I can kill anyone in Hungary and get out as a Free man? Yoohooooo, now let us start eliminating the responsible elements that set this murderer Free...and maybe the Hungarian government send us back to Armenia so we serve our time in a hotel on the Sevan lake. This has opened the pandoras box for killings and assassinations in Hungary. Green light for us to settle scores.
Andre
Hungary was lied and decieved by Azerbayjan. As always who can belive that dectator who run's his onw country with intimidations, lies and racist prpaganda towards its neighbors. Hungary should demand the return of the murderer back to its county right away or cut all deplomatic ties including recalling his ambasador from Azerbayjan ( if they have one) until that murdering bastered returned to his jail to serve rest of his sentence. He can also be extradited to Armenia and serve his sentence there too. Im sure Armenia can insure his safty according to International Law.

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