“Armenian Times” writes that yesterday Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary, Tibor Navrachich and Armenian MP Nikol Pashinyan had a face to face conversation concerning Ramil Safarov’s extradition.
The seminar was held in Poland, Kravica city, and during one of the seminars Navrachich talked about the prospects of electronic-courts in Europe, and stressed that they are essential for Europe.
After saying this, Pashinyan asked to give him a chance to speak up and he said.
-Mr. Navrachich, just now you were talking about European courts, and mentioning that they are one of the best courts in the world, then how could you explain me the step which was done by your court, Hungarian court? Now I will clarify what I am talking about as there may be people who are not aware of the particular case. In 2004, Budapest, Hungary, Armenian officer was axed by Azerbaijani officer, during the trainings organized by NATO. In 2006 Safarov was sentenced to life prison, and naturally Azerbaijani side put many efforts to release the murderer, but at that time Hungarian Government didn’t react.
But this year, August 31, Hungary extradited the murder, knowing that the latter won’t be punished in Azerbaijan, since he killed an Armenian, Safarov was honored, which is a cynical action, it is not just an irony towards Armenia, but also towards the whole world, showing not respect. Now since all of you know the issue, I want to ask some questions to Navrachich:
What have you thinking of while extraditing the murder, knowing that he will be honored in Azerbaijan? What can you say about the talks, that Azerbaijani government paid you for doing that step? How can you explain the media that issue? What would you do to be respected in all over the world, and at least what can you say to Armenian officer’s family?
The Deputy Prime Minister answered:
“Safarov’s extradition took place in accordance with international documents, moreover, Azerbaijan promised that it would punish Safarov and keep him in jail for some time. You should ask Azerbaijan why he honored him, not Hungary.”
