April 25, 2005 - 11:36 AMT
BAKU HOPES FOR RAMIL SAFAROV'S EXTRADITION AFTER PRONOUNCEMENT OF SENTENCE
The trial of Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov, who is accused of the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian, will be resumed in Budapest on May 10. To remind, last February both officers attended English language course within the frames of Partnership for Peace NATO program. After the pronouncement of sentence the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice intends to open negotiation with the Hungarian authorities on Safarov's extradition to Azerbaijan, head of the department of international legal cooperation of the Justice Ministry Zaver Gafarov stated. To determine the term of imprisonment Azerbaijan will follow the European Convention on Extradition of 1983, IA Regnum reports