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IF SYRIAN ARMENIANS WISH TO LIVE IN ARMENIA, PROPER AGENCIES WILL HELP - DIASPORA MINISTER
news.am
June 29, 2012 | 14:34
YEREVAN. - The number of people from Syria who applied for Armenian
citizenship has sharply increased in 2012, Diaspora Minister Hranush
Hakobyan told news reporters and added that, in line with the
latest data, around 2,700 Syrian Armenians have applied for Armenian
citizenship in January-May of this year.
In her words, the Ministry is regularly gathering information on
the situation of the Syrian-Armenian community. She also noted that
Armenia's state agencies are keeping this matter at the center of
their attention.
"We have reflected on this matter since a long time. We need to
take into account that people are facing a dilemma in this difficult
situation. They were born and have lived in that country for decades.
And, now, they are contemplating whether to start everything all
over again."
Armenia's Embassy in Damascus and Consulate General in Aleppo continue
their mission.
"Today a small number of Syrian Armenians has come to Armenia and
they are trying to establish themselves in the Motherland. And we are
helping them in integrating with Armenia's reality," said the Minister.
"Also, we met with Mr. Mr. Damtew Dessalegne, Representative of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [in Armenia],
and reached arrangement on taking measures, in the case of refugees
[coming] from Syria, to help them toward implementing joint programs.
[And] If Syrian Armenians [express a] wish to live in Armenia, the
Government's proper agencies are prepared to help them settle in
Armenia," Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan stressed.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
June 29, 2012 | 14:34
YEREVAN. - The number of people from Syria who applied for Armenian
citizenship has sharply increased in 2012, Diaspora Minister Hranush
Hakobyan told news reporters and added that, in line with the
latest data, around 2,700 Syrian Armenians have applied for Armenian
citizenship in January-May of this year.
In her words, the Ministry is regularly gathering information on
the situation of the Syrian-Armenian community. She also noted that
Armenia's state agencies are keeping this matter at the center of
their attention.
"We have reflected on this matter since a long time. We need to
take into account that people are facing a dilemma in this difficult
situation. They were born and have lived in that country for decades.
And, now, they are contemplating whether to start everything all
over again."
Armenia's Embassy in Damascus and Consulate General in Aleppo continue
their mission.
"Today a small number of Syrian Armenians has come to Armenia and
they are trying to establish themselves in the Motherland. And we are
helping them in integrating with Armenia's reality," said the Minister.
"Also, we met with Mr. Mr. Damtew Dessalegne, Representative of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [in Armenia],
and reached arrangement on taking measures, in the case of refugees
[coming] from Syria, to help them toward implementing joint programs.
[And] If Syrian Armenians [express a] wish to live in Armenia, the
Government's proper agencies are prepared to help them settle in
Armenia," Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan stressed.
From: A. Papazian