The spokesperson of French Foreign Affairs Ministry, on September 3, 2012, made the following announcement concerning Safarov’s extradition.
“France is deeply concerned about the events which took place on August 31 concerning Ramil Safarov’s extradition.
I should recall that Hungary extradited Azerbaijani officer who was sentenced to life prison for killing an Armenian officer, and Azerbaijan, in its turn, honored him with freedom.
France, like all other countries involved in the OSCE Minsk Group which regulates the negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, considers, Azerbaijan’s step will damage the conversational atmosphere between Azerbaijan and Armenia.”