Armenia needs dual citizenship law

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has lost a lot with absence of Dual Citizenship law. We should have adopted it much earlier," ARF Dashnaktsutyun representative and Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Armen Roustamyan stated during a press conference in Yerevan. He said, the country with a huge Diaspora must not ban such a law. "We should accept Diaspora as a united organism and involve them in processes in motherland. Earlier traditional parties used to deal with it, especially Dashnaktsutyun. Now the Republic of Armenia must do it," Roustamyan told.



He stressed that not a single country in the world bans dual citizenship, fixed in the Constitution. "The country, which has twice and thrice more Diaspora than RA citizens, has no right to afford such a luxury. During the process of working out the law we were guided by international standards. As to fears of some political figure in Armenia as if Diaspora can vote and with the help of it break balance of powers, I must notice that we can vote only on the territory of Armenia," Roustamyan underscored.