Armenian parliament to mull extradition of Azeri officer
Armenia's parliament on Wednesday will hold a special meeting to make statements on the issue of extradition by Hungarian authorities and pardon of Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov, parliamentary press service told Russia's RIA Novosti news agency.
Safarov, 35, had been serving a life sentence in Hungary for killing an Armenian officer in Budapest in 2004. Safarov returned to Azerbaijan last Friday and on the same day he was pardoned by an order of President Ilham Aliyev.
On Saturday U.S. President Barack Obama expressed "deep concern" over the pardon of the Azerbaijani officer.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict for over two decades. OSCE-brokered peace talks began after a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a shaky cease-fire in 1994. Armenian armed forces have since occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory. The OSCE Minsk Group, co-chaired by the United States, Russia and France, is brokering peace talks. Negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on its pullout from Nagorno Karabakh and the seven surrounding regions.
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