Ramil Safarov’s pardoning spotlighted in Turkish media

Turkish media published information about the Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov, who was extradited to Baku on August 31 and pardoned by the President Ilham Aliyev.

According to Turkish media, lieutenant of the Azerbaijani Army Ramil Safarov was insulted by an Armenian officer during a NATO Partnership for Peace program in 2004, in Budapest. Safarov murdered the Armenian officer and was sentenced to life imprisonment on April 13, 2006.

On August 31, 2012 he was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by President Ilham Aliyev’s order in accordance with the country’s constitution.


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