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ARMENIA'S CONSUL GENERAL PRESENTED PASSPORT TO THE FIRST DUAL-CITIZEN IN LA
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
03.06.2009
/PanARMENIAN.Net / Zoya Baghramyan realized her life-long dream by
receiving her Armenian citizenship and her official Armenian passport
at a ceremony at the Armenian Consulate General of Los Angeles,
Asbarez.com reports.
Baghramyan completed her dual-citizenship application in March of last
year and in May, in Yerevan she received her Armenian citizenship,
becoming the first Angeleno to receive that status.
During the ceremony, Armenia's Consul General to Los Angeles Grigor
Hovhannisyan presented the passport again and a memento on this
occasion.
The Consul-General also announced that this year, the Consulate has
received double the number of dual-citizenship applications than
last year.
Baghramyan was born in Azerbaijan and fled the country in 1989
after the Azeri pogroms against Armenians in various parts of the
country. She first went to Moscow and in 1996 she moved to the United
States and became a citizen.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
03.06.2009
/PanARMENIAN.Net / Zoya Baghramyan realized her life-long dream by
receiving her Armenian citizenship and her official Armenian passport
at a ceremony at the Armenian Consulate General of Los Angeles,
Asbarez.com reports.
Baghramyan completed her dual-citizenship application in March of last
year and in May, in Yerevan she received her Armenian citizenship,
becoming the first Angeleno to receive that status.
During the ceremony, Armenia's Consul General to Los Angeles Grigor
Hovhannisyan presented the passport again and a memento on this
occasion.
The Consul-General also announced that this year, the Consulate has
received double the number of dual-citizenship applications than
last year.
Baghramyan was born in Azerbaijan and fled the country in 1989
after the Azeri pogroms against Armenians in various parts of the
country. She first went to Moscow and in 1996 she moved to the United
States and became a citizen.