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CABINET TURNS DOWN PROPOSAL TO AMENDMENT LAW ON FOREIGNERS
Tert.am
17.06.11
Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan presented to the Cabinet
meeting today draft amendments proposed by MPs Samvel Balasanyan
and Tachat Vardapetyan to the Law on Foreigners that envisages wider
rights for ethnic Armenians of Georgia when travelling to Armenia.
The amendments called to provide Georgian citizens of Armenian
ethnicity to be entitled to stay in Armenia for an unspecified period
and without further formalities. In addition, proposition called
for exemption of vehicles of Georgian Armenians when crossing the
Georgian-Armenian border.
The Cabinet, however, rejected the proposals and is set to submit
its reasons to the National Assembly.
Tert.am
17.06.11
Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan presented to the Cabinet
meeting today draft amendments proposed by MPs Samvel Balasanyan
and Tachat Vardapetyan to the Law on Foreigners that envisages wider
rights for ethnic Armenians of Georgia when travelling to Armenia.
The amendments called to provide Georgian citizens of Armenian
ethnicity to be entitled to stay in Armenia for an unspecified period
and without further formalities. In addition, proposition called
for exemption of vehicles of Georgian Armenians when crossing the
Georgian-Armenian border.
The Cabinet, however, rejected the proposals and is set to submit
its reasons to the National Assembly.