PanArmenian News
Feb 5 2005
NKR CITIZENS WILL HAVE RIGHT FOR DUAL CITIZENSHIP, NKR FM SAID
05.02.2005 15:30
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In compliance with the bill on citizenship of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic, its citizens will have a right for dual
citizenship, NKR Foreign Minister Arman Melikian stated today. In the
Minister’s words, the law will protect the rights of all citizens
irrespective of their background, racial or ethnic belonging. As
stated by A. Melikian, the NKR has to assume responsibility for the
fates of those Armenians, who were born, lived and were further
expelled from Azerbaijan. The bill provides for granting citizenship
to the mentioned group, which will allow full protection of their
rights, the Minister stated.