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It is proposed to establish a legal basis in order to regulate the documentation relations of stateless persons, so that it is possible to make a relevant amendment in the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of March 2, 2006 on the procedure for documenting stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Armenia and approving the profile of the residence certificate (the aforementioned decision does not have a normative basis so far). This was stated by the key rapporteur, the Head of the Migration and Citizenship Service of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs Armen Ghazaryan, at the regular sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security on December 4, presenting the draft law on Making Addenda and Amendment to the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Armenia in the first reading.

According to him, it is also proposed to extend the period of possibility to be recognized as a citizen of the Republic of Armenia in accordance with Article 10.2 of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Armenia until 2026, because experience shows that Armenians or citizens of other republics of the former USSR still live in Armenia who do not have the citizenship of any country and apply to the Migration and Citizenship Service to be recognized as citizens of the Republic of Armenia and to obtain an identity document.

The MPs' questions were mainly related to minors getting citizenship.

The co-rapporteur, the MP Kristine Poghosyan, emphasizing the adoption of the draft law, called on her colleagues to vote for it.

The Committee members endorsed the legislative initiative.