Rasmussen: That terrible crime shouldn’t be glorified

Speaking to Euronews at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen again commented on the extradition and pardon of Azeri killer Ramil Safarov.

- The last question is on Armenia, a country which you have just visited. You may have seen anti-NATO protests. Don’t you feel any responsibility for what happened to this Armenian soldier killed at the NATO course in Budapest?

- This is a very unfortunate case. But let me stress that I was not faced with anti-NATO demonstrations. I was faced with young protestors who demonstrated against the Azerbaijani decision to pardon the military officer Safarov. That terrible crime shouldn’t be glorified. And I am deeply concerned that the Azerbaijani decision to pardon this army officer damages trust and it certainly doesn’t contribute to peace, to cooperation and reconciliation in the region.