PanARMENIAN.Net
Armenia needs dual citizenship law
22.02.2007 15:48 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia has lost a lot with absence of Dual
Citizenship law. We should have adopted it much earlier,’ ARF
Dashnaktsutyun representative and Chairman of the NA Standing
Committee on Foreign Relations Armen Roustamyan stated during a press
conference in Yerevan. He said, the country with a huge Diaspora must
not ban such a law. `We should accept Diaspora as a united organism
and involve them in processes in motherland. Earlier traditional
parties used to deal with it, especially Dashnaktsutyun. Now the
Republic of Armenia must do it,’ Roustamyan told.
He stressed that not a single country in the world bans dual
citizenship, fixed in the Constitution. `The country, which has twice
and thrice more Diaspora than RA citizens, has no right to afford such
a luxury. During the process of working out the law we were guided by
international standards. As to fears of some political figure in
Armenia as if Diaspora can vote and with the help of it break balance
of powers, I must notice that we can vote only on the territory of
Armenia,’ Roustamyan underscored.