UN CHIEF IMPLICITLY CRITICIZES AZERBAIJAN FOR FREEING AN OFFICER WHO KILLED AN ARMENIAN

Victoria Times Colonist, BC, Canada
Sept 6 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is implicitly criticizing
Azerbaijan for pardoning and freeing a military officer despite
promising Hungary that his life sentence for killing an Armenian
lieutenant would be enforced.

U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky expressed Ban’s concern Thursday at
developments following Lt. Ramil Safarov’s transfer from Hungary last
month. Safarov confessed to killing Lt. Gurgen Markarian while both
were in Hungary for a 2004 NATO language course.

Nesirky said Ban emphasizes that all U.N. members have a responsibility
“to adhere to international standards and principles of rule of law in
criminal cases in order to ensure accountability and fight impunity.”

Azerbaijan and Armenia are ex-Soviet neighbours locked in a conflict
over the mountainous territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Nesirky said the U.N. hopes the incident won’t damage the peace
process.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress