RAMIL SAFAROV’S EXTRADITION EXCLUDED

Public Radio, Armenia
Nov 15 2006

Members of the Constitutional Court of Hungary do not have
the authority of speaking about Azeri Officer Ramil Safarov’s
extradition. Attorney Nazeli Vardanyan told "Armenpress" that the
Constitutional Court has never addressed the issue and extradition
is not its function.

Let us remind, that according to Azeri media, one of the Constitutional
Court members declared in Baku that Safarov might carry his punishment
in Azerbaijan.

"At this moment Ramil Safarov’s extradition is ruled out. The protest
of the Azerbaijani side has not been discussed yet. There are other
criminal cases launched against him for getting into conflict with
guards. Before the completion of the investigation of all the cases
and announcement of verdicts extradition is excluded," said Nazeli
Vardanyan.

Besides, the chances of Azerbaijan are very small, since in case of
life imprisonment extradition has never been applied in Hungary.

Let us remind that Ramil Safarov, who brutaly killed Armenian
Officer Gurgen Margaryan on February 19, 2004, was sentenced to
life imprisonment.