The law on the purchase of property in Armenia allows citizens of any country to buy non-agricultural real estate in the country, Head of the Cadastre Committee Suren Tovmasyan told reporters on Monday, responding to the remarks that according to some media reports the Turks are buying real estate in Armenia.
"If I'm not mistaken, Turkish citizens have acquired 72 properties in Armenia since 2002. Most of them are apartments, others are small public facilities, etc. We don't see any problem here," Tovmasyan said.
"As for the purchase of real estate by Azerbaijani citizens, they must have tourist passports. That is, they come and get tourist passports from us. As far as I remember, 5-6 citizens of Azerbaijan have Armenian tourist passports," he noted.
Tovmasyan dismissed claims that more citizens of Turkey and Azerbaijan have purchased property in Armenia in recent years.
Separately, he said that he had been on vacation for the past three weeks and had been in his native village, Pokr Vedi.
"Accordingly, I supported Garik Sargsyan so that he could win the local elections in the Vedi community, and he succeeded,” Tovmasyan said.