The Government of the Republic of Armenia will allocate AMD 11 million to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reimburse the amount of the duty paid for a passport of the Republic of Armenia issued to people of Armenian descent by the diplomatic representations of Syria and Lebanon.

The draft of the decision on this is included in the agenda for the August 10 session of the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

In the course of the second quarter of this year, 193 valid passports have been issued in foreign countries, but state duty has not been levied. Moreover, those passports were issued by the embassies of the Republic of Armenia in Damascus (81 cases), Aleppo (111 cases), Lebanon (1 case) to citizens of the Republic of Armenia and to the foreign nationals of Armenian descent who have acquired citizenship of the Republic of Armenia or have applied to obtain the passport of the Republic of Armenia for the first time.

The Government of the Republic of Armenia is trying to do everything it can to support the foreign nationals of Armenian descent and the citizens of the Republic of Armenia who live in countries where there is a state of emergency that poses a threat to the lives or health of the citizens, writes Armenpress.