Yerevan/Mediamax/. Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, said that "the decision of Azerbaijani authorities to grant pardon to Safarov, the murderer of the Armenian officer, and release him runs counter to the norms of the international law and undermines the capacity of the intergovernmental system of counteraction to crimes.”

The comment posted on the official site of CSTO says that “this step, obviously made for the sake of short-term political goals, cannot be justified.”

“Moreover, the glorification of the criminal will only increase high regional tensions. I believe the international community should immediately give an objective assessment to this,” CSTO Secretary General said.