On July 26 the Armenian government has simplified the procedure of getting citizenship for Armenians from Syria, who want to immigrate to Armenia.
According to the Minister of Diaspora Granush Akopyan, currently Armenian passports to foreigners is issued in the Office of Visas and passports of the Armenian police.
From today, in some cases, it is proposed to issue passports in the diplomatic and consular missions of Armenia abroad.
The Minister noted that due to recent events in Syria, thousands of Syrian and Lebanese Armenians appealed to the Armenian authorities with a request to obtain citizenship.
At the same time, Syrian Armenians themselves claim that there is no specific government programs to facilitate the resettlement from Syria to Armenia, and the establishment of suitable conditions for their stay.
A lot of entrepreneurs Armenians from Syria wanted to move their business in Armenia, but on coming to their historical homeland, and familiarizing with the "rules of the game there,", they immediately rejected this idea. They are scared by the laws and lawlessness in Armenia," quotes an anonymous source Arminfo agency.
According to him, the laws governing the economic sphere in Armenia, do not create the conditions for profitable business. "Taxes in Armenia are too high, and if you act in a legal field, you can easily go bankrupt, but the worst thing is that even these laws often do not work. The attitude in Armenia to the Armenians of the Diaspora, especially entrepreneurs is well known: one should only give bribe to a senior official, to pay something to tough guys, and along with all of this, to pay high taxes. In general, the business environment in Armenia, does not attract the Armenians of Syria to invest in their historic homeland.
At the same time he noticed that a large flow of Armenians from Syria to Armenia, has led to a notable increase in the price not only of flights Aleppo-Yerevan-Aleppo, but also for apartments in Yerevan and the regions.
Speaking about the situation in Syria itself, he said that the crisis is worsening day by day: "Until recently, the Armenian-populated Aleppo was relatively calm, but over the past four days the city was under constant fire, people are afraid to go out to the streets, and there is no hope for stability," summed up the source. -02D-
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