30 OUT OF 124 CHILDREN LIABLE TO ADOPTION AND TAKEN ACCOUNT OF IN ARMENIA ADOPTED IN FIRST HALF OF 2007

Noyan Tapan
Aug 13 2007

YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, NOYAN TAPAN. 239 adopting candidates, including 86
from foreign countries, have been taken account of in the RA Ministry
of Labor and Social Affairs in the first half of 2007. According
to the information provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by Lena
Hayrapetian, the Head of the Department for Family, Women’s and
Children’s Problems of RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs,
the above-mentioned adopting candidate foreign citizens are mainly
Armenians.

At the same period 124 children liable to adoption were taken account
of, 30 of whom were affiliated, including 17 by RA citizens and 13
by foreigners.

Lena Hayrapetian mentioned that mainly children between 1 and 6 years
old are adopted.