Azerbaijan Uses the Instrument of Extradition as a Part of Political Campaign
Azerbaijan is using legally established instrument of extradition as a part of political campaign, Czech Ambassador to Armenia Petr Mikyska told NEWS.am.
His remark came in response to a question whether extradition of bloger Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan and international warrant against European Parliament members, among them Czech MP Jaromir Stetina, issued by Baku might become a dangerous precedent.
"EU and the countries of the Council of Europe are supporting the case of fight against corruption and international crime, and the institute of extradition is very important in this fight. Thus, it should be allowed to the authorities of country A to issue warrant against a citizen of a country B if he committed a crime on the territory of country A. However, in this case we have to distinguish between criminality and political motives," Ambassador said.
According to him, in the above-mentioned cases Azerbaijan was moved by political motives, not exactly by the legal ones.
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