Armenia sticks to policy of refugees full integrationMarch 16, 2010 - 14:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amendments to RA Law "On Citizenship", initiated by the RA government, will extend the term of obtaining the Armenian citizenship by refugees and persons without citizenship till December 31, 2012, deputy minister of territorial administration of Armenia Vache Terteryan said. According to him, more refugees will be able to receive citizenship during two years. The bill will be debated through special regulations, the second reading will be held immediately after the first one, within 24 hours. Responding to MPs' questions about why out of 312 thousand refugees, only 80 thousand have acquired the Armenian citizenship so far, he said that refugees integrate into the society with difficulty but the process, however, is moving forward. “In contrast to Azerbaijan and Georgia, deliberately not facilitating their refugees’ integration, Armenia conducts a policy of full integration of its refugees into society,” Terteryan said. According to chairman of the ARFD parliamentary group Vahan Hovhannisyan, the Armenian leadership initially made a political mistake. "Since Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan originally lived in Artsakh, they should have been settled in the liberated territories of NKR. Extension of the terms of obtaining citizenship is not a way out, for the true solution to the problem is not here, but in Artsakh," he said. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Second round of Armenia-Azerbaijan talks set for May 11 The second round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will take place on May 11. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. |