PanARMENIAN.Net
Iraqi Armenians want to become Armenian citizens
24.03.2007 16:08 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A number of Iraqi Armenians want to accept dual
citizenship, head of National Management of Armenians in Iraq Paruyr
Hakopian stated. `I cannot say the exact number of Armenians who want
to become Armenian citizens, but I can note that they are a lot. A
significant part of Armenians living in Iraq are not satisfied with
their situation and some isolation from their historical motherland,
and they are waiting for the day when the new law on dual citizenship
will come into force in Armenia,’ Hakopian said.
At the same time he underlined that Armenians living in Iraqi
Kurdistan are not exposed to oppression by Turks. `According to our
information Armenians residing in Northern Iraq have not suffered from
escalation of the conflict, and there are no victims among Armenian
population,’ he noted. Hakopian said that Iraqi Armenians do not have
any relation to PKK (Workers’ Party of Kurdistan), and as a result of
this they cannot become victims of Turkish servicemen,
`Novosti-Armenia’ reports.