GIVING EQUIVALENT COUNTERBLOW TO AZERBAIJAN SHOULD BE RULED OUT – NEWSPAPER
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September 18, 2012 | 07:29
YEREVAN. – “This is a good moment to work calmly and not to take
drastic steps. In this situation the Armenian side should not take
drastic steps, [and] make harsh statements that will run counter to
the European Parliament’s resolution,” Armenian National Assembly
Standing Committee on Foreign Relations former Chairman, opposition
Armenian National Movement Party Board member Hovhannes Igityan told
168 Zham daily, speaking about Armenia’s next most likely courses of
action following the European Parliament’s recently adopted resolution
on the Ramil Safarov case. Igityan added:
“[Taking] Revenge, giving equivalent counterblow to Azerbaijan,
or other such drastic steps, should be ruled out. The Armenian side
needs to take advantage [of the fact] that Europe placed Azerbaijan
and Armenia on different platforms.
In this situation, we ought to rotate the matter’s resolution in the
direction that we want; this will prove that Armenia is a civilized and
a democratic country, whereas Azerbaijan solely pretends to be such.”
“According to him, Armenia must see to it that the EU-member
countries-the world’s seriously playing states-likewise possess the
view specified in that resolution,” 168 Zham writes.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004.
As expected, Ramil Safarov’s return to Baku was welcomed, as was
his act of murder, by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev’s
government and much of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani
president immediately granted him a pardon.
And Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31 that
Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Ramil Safarov’s pardoning is condemned by virtually all international
organizations.