BREAKDOWNS IN E-MAIL SYSTEM OF RA FOREIGN MINISTRY MAKE RA CITIZENS UNDOCUMENTED

Yerevan, September 4. ArmInfo. "RA embassies to a number of foreign
countries create problems for the Armenian citizens whose passports
have already expired during their stay in a foreign country. Levon
Nersesian, head of "Armenian Center for Human Rights after A. Sakharov"
organization.

Nersesian brought examples of several cases when the diplomats
demanded presents in the cases with expired passports. In particular,
he described a case of an Armenian citizen who failed to get a new
passport though he had submitted all the required documents to RA
Embassy to Kazakhstan in time. In a letter to L. Nersesian, the
unlucky citizen stated that he would have to give bribes to get the
new passport quickly. The correspondent of ArmInfo represented the
situation to RA Foreign Ministry and asked to explain the reason for
the delays or complications in the given process. Vladimir Karapetian,
Press Secretary of RA Foreign Ministry, stated that the issue was
settled and the abovementioned citizen may already get his documents
at RA Embassy to Kazakhstan. Besides, Karapetian explained the delay
with the documents by technical breakdowns in the e-mail system of
RA Foreign Ministry.