Public Council on Karabakh against the glorification of Ramil Safarov

• Thursday, September 27, 11:02

ArmInfo-Turan: The last meeting of the Public Council of Karabakh (PCK) was devoted to the discussion of the situation in Azerbaijan and abroad in connection with extradition of Ramil Safarov by Hungary, and pardon by President Ilham Aliyev, says the press release of the given social structure.

During the discussions different opinions were expressed on the release  of Safarov. Some of the members of the Board said that the procedure had been fully complied, while others saw in it a violation of legal norms that would suggest first to review and mitigate the sentence, and only then release it. It was noted that Ramil Safarov was punished for the crime, and realized his act, as he said, not only in court, but in an interview with newspapers, and there was a weighty reason to revise his fate.

The views of the Council members coincided entirely on the inadmissibility of glorification of Safarov, hurtfulness of a campaign waged in Azerbaijan after the events.                                

Public Council on Karabakh notes that this campaign has caused great damage to the reputation of Azerbaijan, and enemies of Azerbaijan will take an advantage of that. In addition, there is a serious damage to the legal and moral guidelines of the younger generation.

Public Council on Karabakh declares that Azerbaijan should start to use the potential of the world to solve the conflict, specifically disclose the proposed mechanisms for resolving it, remove malicious ban on meetings and cooperation of Azerbaijani and Armenian experts in the field of peacekeeping in Azerbaijan.

Public Council on Karabakh, calls on  the Armenian and the Azerbaijani societies to understand the difficult situation in settlement of the Karabakh conflict, and create an atmosphere that would contribute to the resolution of the conflict, the statement reads.