PanArmenian News
July 13 2005

ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ON VOLUNTEER MIGRATION PROLONGED

13.07.2005 05:13

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today the Federation Council has ratified the
Armenian-Russian interparliamentary protocol, which prolongs the
validity of the agreement regulating the process of volunteer
migration of citizens. The document garnered support of 148 senators.
The agreement was signed in August 1997 with a 5-year term and the
possibility of prolongation for 5 more years. It determines the order
of migration of the citizens, who wish to settle in Russia and
Armenia. The migrants are freed of limitations for bringing in and
removing their property as well as customs duties. The protocol on
the agreement prolongation was signed March 4, 2004, Rosbalt news
agency reports.