REPUBLICAN SUGGESTS CREATING THREATS AND BATTLING THEM

Lragir.am
21 June 06

If Andranik Hovanisyan, deputy leader of the All-Armenian Movement
thinks that dual nationality is not beneficial for Armenia, and
they battled it with the Republican Party in 1995, Samvel Nikoyan,
Republican, thinks that dual nationality would solve the problem
of unification of Armenians, and the way for investments in Armenia
would open for the Diaspora.

In answer to the remark of Lragir.am that Ernekyan, Tufenkyan,
Kerkoryan, Gafesjyan made big investments in Armenia not being
citizens of Armenia, Samvel Nikoyan says they are individuals,
"whereas our objective is cooperation with the entire Diaspora.

And the entire Diaspora does not consist of these individuals."

Samvel Nikoyan admits that powerful countries such as the United
States and Russia do not encourage dual nationality, whereas we need
dual nationality, because "we are not a powerful country but we want
to be powerful, and one of the possible ways of becoming powerful is
the Diaspora." Andranik Hovakimyan, All-Armenian Movement, assures
that there are people in the Diaspora, who feel attached with the
homeland independent from all, and on the contrary, there are people
who do not know where Armenia is independent from all.

Nikoyan admits that the adoption of dual nationality creates threats
for the national security, but the Republican is able to battle
these consequences. Samvel Nikoyan declined to answer the question
of Lragir.am "What is the point of creating a source of threat first
and then battle it."