The issue of returning of 8 Azerbaijanis sustained in the Chinese prisons to Azerbaijan will be resolved in the near future, the Head of the International Legal Co-operation Department of the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry Zafer Gafarli advised Trend.
Despite the fact that an Extradition Agreement was signed between Azerbaijan and China in 2005, there is no agreement on returning prisoners between the two countries. There is no Chinese citizen sentenced to the prison in Azerbaijan. However, at present 8 Azerbaijanis have been sentenced to prison in China for committing hard crimes, Gafarli said.
According to him, although there is no agreement on returning prisoners between Azerbaijan and China, both countries have undertaken liability in accordance with the mutuality principle of the international law. Pursuant to this liability, punished Azerbaijanis will be delivered from China to Azerbaijan in the near future.