Armeniska Riksförbundet I Sverige
Board of the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden
Frihetsvãgen 8
17753 Jãrfãlla (Stockholm)
Sweden
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The following open letter has been attached in PDF as well.
To: Hungarian Embassy in Stockholm September 1, 2012
H. E. Ambassador Gábor Szentiványi
Honourable Ambassador,
For the past 24 hours, the world media has been reporting on the
extradition of the Azerbaijani axe murderer Ramil Safarov who upon arrival
to Baku was welcomed as a hero. Today, the Azerbaijani News Agency, APA,
has also reported that not only has he been fully pardoned by Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev, Safarov has also been promoted to the rank of
Major, rewarded with a house, and got paid for the last eight years’
salary. This means only that Safarov, while committing the murder in
Budapest and being convicted for that murder has de facto been in the
service of Azerbaijani Military forces during this whole time. In no
country a murderer would withhold his military salary, not to mention
being promoted for his crime. Azerbaijan has now openly sanctioned the
possibility of killing Armenians for later being celebrated and promoted
for it.
With this action Azerbaijan has not only displayed its open hatred towards
Armenians, but also mocked and violated the Hungarian justice system, a
member of the European Union. Certainly, Hungarian Justice Ministry has
stated that its Azerbaijani counterpart had assured them that Safarov
would, in accordance with the 1983 Strasbourg Convention on the Transfer
of Sentenced Persons by which Safarov was being extradited, serve the
remaining of his sentence in Baku, but this has evidently not been the
case.
Mr. Ambassador, the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden wishes to
find out how Your Government will now react to this breach of rules and
agreements and demand Baku to honour the laws according to which the
extradition was performed. Sources claim that Azeri financial aid to
Hungary in form of purchase of state bonds being the prelude to this
episode. However, we firmly hope that Hungarian justice and integrity is
above this kind of agreements and the rumours are nothing but just
rumours. We hope that Your Government, as a member of the European
community in the 21st century respecting international laws, will
reprimand Baku for its disrespectful action against justice, human values,
and Hungary’s reputation.
We look forward to Your response and views on the subject.
With best regards,
The Board of the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden