Armenian President Investigated Over British Citizenship
Մայիս 03, 2021
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Armenian prosecutors have ordered a criminal investigation into renewed allegations that President Armen Sarkissian is not eligible to serve as head of state because of his past British citizenship.
Sarkissian lived and worked in London, including as Armenian ambassador to Britain, for nearly three decades prior to becoming Armenia’s largely ceremonial president three years ago.
The Armenian constitution requires presidential candidates considered by the National Assembly to have been only Armenian citizens for the last six years.
Sarkissian admitted receiving British citizenship in 2002 when the country’s former parliament controlled by his predecessor Serzh Sarkisian’s loyalists elected him president in March 2018. But he insisted that he renounced it in 2011.
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Touching upon the further development opportunities of the Armenian-Czech legal ties, SIS head Sasun Khachatryan expressed hope that this meeting will serve as an important base for the cooperation between the respective structures of the two countries.
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