Yerevan to make every effort to defend rights of Karen Ghazaryan convicted in Azerbaijan – Armenian foreign ministry
01.03.2019,
12:15
Anna Naghdalyan, press secretary of the Armenian foreign ministry commented Thursday on the Azerbaijani court’s verdict against Karen Ghazaryan, a resident of Berdavan village of Armenia’s Tavush province who got in Azerbaijan’s territory in July 2018 under unknown circumstances.
YEREVAN, March 1. /ARKA/. Anna Naghdalyan, press secretary of the Armenian foreign ministry commented Thursday on the Azerbaijani court’s verdict against Karen Ghazaryan, a resident of Berdavan village of Armenia’s Tavush province who got in Azerbaijan’s territory in July 2018 under unknown circumstances.
Ghazaryan, an Armenian civilian with health problems, have apparently lost his way, but the Azerbaijani side considers him as raider. On February 27, the man was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
“Unfortunately, the Azerbaijani authorities didn’t restrict themselves by initiating a farce-like trial against Karen Ghazaryan, who got into Azerbaijan’s territory under unknown circumstances – they went far and, considering on a fast-track basis the case of our citizen, who have health problems, sentenced him to 20 years in prison,” Naghdalyan said. “We condemn this verdict the Azerbaijani court which has been made in a clear breach of the international humanitarian law. The real author of this verdict is the Azerbaijani leadership.”
She said that the rights of the people living in the conflict zone and the international law are priorities to Armenia and Artsakh.
In her words, the Artsakh authorities’ recent decision to release an Azerbaijani serviceman proves the Armenian side’s readiness to comply with the international humanitarian law.
Naghdalyan also remembered the brutal murder committed 15 year ago by an Azswrbaijani officer in Budapest.
Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani army Lt. sentenced by a Hungarian court to life in prison for hacking an Armenian officer, Gurgen Margarian, to death with an axe while the latter asleep, had been sent by Hungary back to Azerbaijan to serve his prison sentence, but he was pardoned by Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and treated as a hero.
Lt. Ramil Safarov was given a life sentence in 2006 by a Hungarian court after he confessed to killing Lt. Gurgen Margarian, an Armenian, while both were in Hungary for a 2004 NATO language course.
In her statement, Naghdalyan said that the murder glorified by the Azerbaijani authorities 15 year ago and the impunity of the murderer remind us every day that neither our region nor the international community need such new heroes.
“Armenia will make consistent efforts for defending its citizen and for having him released,” Naghdalyan said. -0----
Ghazaryan, an Armenian civilian with health problems, have apparently lost his way, but the Azerbaijani side considers him as raider. On February 27, the man was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
“Unfortunately, the Azerbaijani authorities didn’t restrict themselves by initiating a farce-like trial against Karen Ghazaryan, who got into Azerbaijan’s territory under unknown circumstances – they went far and, considering on a fast-track basis the case of our citizen, who have health problems, sentenced him to 20 years in prison,” Naghdalyan said. “We condemn this verdict the Azerbaijani court which has been made in a clear breach of the international humanitarian law. The real author of this verdict is the Azerbaijani leadership.”
She said that the rights of the people living in the conflict zone and the international law are priorities to Armenia and Artsakh.
In her words, the Artsakh authorities’ recent decision to release an Azerbaijani serviceman proves the Armenian side’s readiness to comply with the international humanitarian law.
Naghdalyan also remembered the brutal murder committed 15 year ago by an Azswrbaijani officer in Budapest.
Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani army Lt. sentenced by a Hungarian court to life in prison for hacking an Armenian officer, Gurgen Margarian, to death with an axe while the latter asleep, had been sent by Hungary back to Azerbaijan to serve his prison sentence, but he was pardoned by Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and treated as a hero.
Lt. Ramil Safarov was given a life sentence in 2006 by a Hungarian court after he confessed to killing Lt. Gurgen Margarian, an Armenian, while both were in Hungary for a 2004 NATO language course.
In her statement, Naghdalyan said that the murder glorified by the Azerbaijani authorities 15 year ago and the impunity of the murderer remind us every day that neither our region nor the international community need such new heroes.
“Armenia will make consistent efforts for defending its citizen and for having him released,” Naghdalyan said. -0----
