  Justice Minister: assassin extradition a slap into Hungary’s face August 31, 2012 - 22:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan reacted to Hungary’s decision to extradite Azeri assassin Ramil Safarov. “The fact of extradition caused indignation and disappointment. European values are human values and they advocate humanity. Thus, the 1983 Strasbourg Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons supposes extradition of convicts. However, justice and punishment for a crime should never be undervalued,” Tovmasyan said. “Extradition of a criminal to a country, where his crime is treated as a feat is a slap into Hungary’s face,” he said. “Basing on the above said as well as on the statement by Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia severs relations with the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary,” the Minister said.   Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering.   Partner news |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12.Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |
