THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP CONCERNED BY THE ATTEMPTS TO GLORIFY SAFAROV’S CRIME
Mediamax
Sept 3 2012
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group expressed
their “deep concern and regret for the damage that Ramil Safarov’s
pardon and any attempts to glorify the crime have done to the peace
process and trust between the sides”.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group said this in a statement
released today after meetings with the Foreign Minister of Armenia,
Edward Nalbandian on September 2 and with the Foreign Minister of
Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov on September 3.
“The Co-Chairs discussed with the two Ministers the August 31 decision
of the Government of Azerbaijan to pardon Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani
army officer who had been serving a life sentence in Hungary for the
brutal 2004 murder of an Armenian officer in Budapest.
They expressed their deep concern and regret for the damage the pardon
and any attempts to glorify the crime have done to the peace process
and trust between the sides.
The Co-Chairs reiterated to both Ministers that, as their Presidents
stated in Los Cabos on June 19, there is no alternative to a peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They will continue to
maintain contacts with the sides to reduce tensions and advance the
peace process”, statement said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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