  28 FOREIGN CITIZENS APPEALED TO GET REFUGEE STATUS IN ARMENIA THIS YEAROctober 29, 2003 - 23:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Within the 9 months of this year 28 foreign citizens have appealed for refugee status or temporary asylum to Armenia. Representative of the UN high commissioner for refugees Lloyd Dakin told "Arminfo" agency. In his words, 12 out of the 28 were satisfied, 11 out of them being Iraqi citizens, another - an ethnic Kurd citizen of Turkey. The rest are being considered. "In the view of absence of the necessary arguments" 4 were rejected, one of them being citizen of Georgia.  Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
