In connection with the extradition and presidential pardon for Ramil Safarov, Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Vassily Atajanyan addressed a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore.
The letter reads as follows – “I state with regret that the officialBakuagain undertakes actions to undermine the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement peace process. The extradition to Azerbaijan and the subsequent presidential decree of pardon for Ramil Safarov, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Hungary for the murder of a man asleep, is another proof of the fact that Azerbaijan implements and encourages the policy of hatred and fascism towards Armenians at a state level, which is a continuation of the Armenian pogroms and slaughter in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad, Maragha and many other towns and villages populated by Armenians”.
It notes that “Azerbaijanhas once more demonstrated that it is not going to meet any commitments, including international ones, and its primary goal is perpetration of another genocide against theNagorno-KarabakhRepublic(Artsakh) and annihilation of its population. Thereupon, the correctness of the path chosen by the people of Nagorno Karabakh on building an independent, democratic and powerful state is reconfirmed”.
The letter cherishes hope that “The OSCE and its separate members will condemnAzerbaijanand will undertake corresponding measures aimed at putting a constraint on that country to abandon the destructive policy and the ideology of Nazism.
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“For our part, we reconfirm our commitment to the peace settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict and at the same time state that we are able to defend our country and in case of encroachment on its freedom and independence we will be able to rebuff the aggressor” – the letter notes.
NKR MFA Press-Service