The ambassador of Turkey to Baku Khulusi Kilij accused a number of European countries on bias attitude towards the extradition and pardon of Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov. During the interview with ANS TV channel the ambassador expressed bewilderment about the position of western countries on this issue.
“I would advise the western countries not to pay attention to such questions till the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not resolved.”- he said
The diplomat stressed that Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be solved and the region must develop. “Armenia also can get profit from this development but only in the case of peace”, he said.
As Regnum informed, earlier on August 31 the Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov sentenced to life-imprisonment for killing an Armenian officer in 2004 during NATO trainings in Hungary was extradited to Azerbaijan. Afterwards the Azerbaijani president gifted him pardon and promoted to the rank of major. On this occasion the president of RA Serzh Sargsyan convened an emergency session of National security service and consultation with ambassadors and announced of stopping diplomatic relations with Hungary.
On February 19th 2004 Ramil Safarov axed Armenian officer Gourgen Margaryan in seep. Both of them were passing trainings in Hungarian capital in the frames of NATO program “Partnership for the sake of peace”. The court sentenced Safarov to life in prison without the right of amnesty during the first 30 years of sentence.
