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    IF SYRIAN ARMENIANS WISH TO LIVE IN ARMENIA, PROPER AGENCIES WILL HELP - DIASPORA MINISTER

    news.am
    June 29, 2012 | 14:34

    YEREVAN. - The number of people from Syria who applied for Armenian
    citizenship has sharply increased in 2012, Diaspora Minister Hranush
    Hakobyan told news reporters and added that, in line with the
    latest data, around 2,700 Syrian Armenians have applied for Armenian
    citizenship in January-May of this year.

    In her words, the Ministry is regularly gathering information on
    the situation of the Syrian-Armenian community. She also noted that
    Armenia's state agencies are keeping this matter at the center of
    their attention.

    "We have reflected on this matter since a long time. We need to
    take into account that people are facing a dilemma in this difficult
    situation. They were born and have lived in that country for decades.

    And, now, they are contemplating whether to start everything all
    over again."

    Armenia's Embassy in Damascus and Consulate General in Aleppo continue
    their mission.

    "Today a small number of Syrian Armenians has come to Armenia and
    they are trying to establish themselves in the Motherland. And we are
    helping them in integrating with Armenia's reality," said the Minister.

    "Also, we met with Mr. Mr. Damtew Dessalegne, Representative of the
    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [in Armenia],
    and reached arrangement on taking measures, in the case of refugees
    [coming] from Syria, to help them toward implementing joint programs.

    [And] If Syrian Armenians [express a] wish to live in Armenia, the
    Government's proper agencies are prepared to help them settle in
    Armenia," Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan stressed.

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