5 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN JAVAKHETI SECRETLY BECOME CITIZENS OF ARMENIA

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Feb 10 2015

10 February 2015 – 12:41pm

In Georgia, 5 thousand inhabitants of Javakheti of Armenian descent
have acquired Armenian citizenship, hiding this fact from the
authorities.

They took this decision in order to simplify entry to Russia as
labor migrants.

“We decided to acquire Armenian citizenship to be able to freely
travel to Russia and get work,” haqqin.az cited the new citizens of
Armenia with reference to the TV channel ‘Rustavi 2’.

However, everyone who acqired Armenian citizenship lost their
citizenship of Georgia, as the country’s constitution allows dual
citizenship, but it’s forbidden to have two citizenships.