Safarov’s pardon showed that Karabakh cannot be part of Azerbaijan –
Armenian President

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October 06, 2012 | 01:43

Ramil Safarov’s pardon showed that Nagorno-Karabakh, with its 160,000
citizens, can never be part of Azerbaijan, Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan stated in an interview with Reuters News Agency.

`This corroborates yet again our view that the people of Karabakh have
no future as a part of Azerbaijan,’ the President noted.

`[But] When I say the Azerbaijani society has hatred, xenophobia
against the Armenians, when I say the buildup of arms is perilous in
Azerbaijan, when I say Azerbaijan is preparing to resume military
operations and resolving the [Karabakh] conflict by military means,
this does not mean there is no need to continue the [peace] talks,’
Serzh Sargsyan noted.

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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress