FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF AZAD-HYE ARAB-ENGLISH PORTAL HRACH KALSAHAKIAN GETS ARMENIAN PASSPORT

Noyan Tapan
July 1, 2009

YEREVAN, JULY 1, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Hrach Kalsahakian,
a citizen of Syria, now Sales and Marketing Manager at Cyprus Tourism
Organisation in the United Arab Emirates, founder and editor of the
Azad-Hye Middle East Arab-English Portal got a passport of a citizen
of the Republic of Armenia.

Deputy head of the Passport and Visa Department of the Republic of
Armenia Vahagn Minasian officially handed RA citizen’s passports to
Hrach Kalsahakian and more than 50 other citizens.

hayernaysor.am electronic newspaper’s correspondent was present there
and witnessed the official ceremony of handing a RA citizen’s passport.

According to it, a passport is handed after reading the RA President’s
corresponding decree, when each person takes the oath under the state
flag of Armenia, signs and gets a RA passport. A citizen getting a RA
passport takes the oath to remain faithful to the Republic of Armenia,
to keep the RA Constitution and laws, to defend the independence and
territorial integrity of Armenia. He also pledges himself to respect
the RA state language, national culture and traditions. The Armenian
state anthem is performed at the end of the ceremony.

It should be noted as well that there were many people among those
getting the citizenship of Armenia who almost do not know the Armenian
language. It is also known that another 80 Armenians from the United
Arab Emirates have applied for getting the RA citizenship.

The RA Minister of Diaspora received Hrach Kalsahakian the day
before and got acquainted him with problems of dual citizenship,
took necessary steps for their solution.