Английский эксперт: Помиловав Сафарова, Алиев нанес ущерб авторитету Азербайджана

Помиловав Рамиля Сафарова, зарубившего топором армянского офицера Гургена Маркаряна, президент Азербайджана Ильхам Алиев нанес огромный ущерб авторитету своей страны. Об этом пишет старший сотрудник Фонда Карнеги за международный мир Томас де Ваал.

"Автор отмечает, что Баку потратил десятки миллионов нефтедолларов, пытаясь представить Азербайджан как динамично развивающуюся, современную страну.  Азербайджан вступил в Совет Безопасности ООН, а в Баку прошел финал Евровидения.  Однако после того, как там с распростертыми объятиями встретили убийцу, имиджу Азербайджана был нанесен колоссальный ущерб", - отметил он. При этом  автор заметил, что нагорно-карабахский конфликт вовсе не находится в "замороженном" состоянии вопреки распространенному мнению. На его взгляд, пока что мягкие посреднические усилия России, Франции и США не сдвинули стороны с их непримиримых позиций, а прием, оказанный Сафарову в Баку, подразумевает, что ситуация сползает скорее к войне, чем к миру, но по словам Ваала - это сползание еще можно остановить, но дипломатические усилия надо предпринимать безотлагательно. Автор также заметил, что в результате этих действий в выигрыше остались лишь радикалы, а у Армении появился повод лишний раз назвать азербайджанцев варварами, которым нельзя доверять.

Напомним, что 31 августа Будапешт выдал Азербайджану Рамиля Сафарова, убившего в 2004 году спящего армянского офицера Гургена Маркаряна и приговоренного в 2006 году к пожизненному заключению без права на помилование в течение 30 лет. После возвращения Сафарова в Азербайджан он был помилован президентом Ильхамом Алиевым, повышен в звании и обеспечен квартирой.

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