Armenian minister upbeat on extradition of jailed pilots from Equatorial Guinea
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
9 Mar 05
[Presenter] The Armenian foreign minister has assessed his visit to
Equatorial Guinea positively.
Armenia and Equatorial Guinea have established cooperation at a high
level which has allowed for creating conditions to closely follow
and settle the cases of the Armenian pilots who were given prison
sentences of 14 to 24 years in this country. The Armenian side has
suggested creating a legal basis for extraditing the convicts. The
Guinean side has promised that it will seriously consider this issue
in order to initiate this process.
[Oskanyan] We suggested that a legal basis should be created for
the extradition of the prisoners in the near future. I can say that
they will seriously discuss this suggestion. They have not yet given
their final response but there are some positive tendencies and I
could see their readiness to initiate this process. We have to use
all opportunities to extradite the Armenian pilots to Armenia.
[Six Armenian pilots were found guilty of involvement in the
preparation of a coup d’etat against the authorities of Equatorial
Guinea.]