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SYRIAN-ARMENIAN FAMILY DENIED ENTRY TO ARMENIA AT AIRPORT
news.am
August 29, 2012 | 13:07
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police issued a clarification in connection with
Tuesday's incident that occurred at capital city Yerevan's Zvartnots
International Airport, where a Syrian-Armenian family of eight was
denied entry to Armenia.
"Pursuant to Armenia's Law on Foreigners, the Government specifies
the list of countries whose citizens can apply solely to Armenia's
diplomatic agencies abroad to be issued a visa, and solely based
on an invitation envisioned by the given law. The given countries'
list is specified by the Government's decision, and Syria likewise
is included in this list.
[Yet] Pursuant to Armenia's Law on Foreigners and by the Government's
decision, the Armenian[-origin] citizens of these countries can be
issued a visa at Armenia's border checkpoints without an invitation.
The Government of Armenia specifies the list of documents that
substantiate the fact of being Armenian.
[And] The nine citizens of Syria, who arrived in Armenia, did not
submit any document that substantiates their being [of] Armenian
[origin]," the Police statement reads in particular.
news.am
August 29, 2012 | 13:07
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Police issued a clarification in connection with
Tuesday's incident that occurred at capital city Yerevan's Zvartnots
International Airport, where a Syrian-Armenian family of eight was
denied entry to Armenia.
"Pursuant to Armenia's Law on Foreigners, the Government specifies
the list of countries whose citizens can apply solely to Armenia's
diplomatic agencies abroad to be issued a visa, and solely based
on an invitation envisioned by the given law. The given countries'
list is specified by the Government's decision, and Syria likewise
is included in this list.
[Yet] Pursuant to Armenia's Law on Foreigners and by the Government's
decision, the Armenian[-origin] citizens of these countries can be
issued a visa at Armenia's border checkpoints without an invitation.
The Government of Armenia specifies the list of documents that
substantiate the fact of being Armenian.
[And] The nine citizens of Syria, who arrived in Armenia, did not
submit any document that substantiates their being [of] Armenian
[origin]," the Police statement reads in particular.