YEREVAN (Noyan Tapan)–President of Nagorno Karabakh Arkady Ghoukassian signed a decree May 28 granting Karabakh citizenship to a group of foreigners of Armenian origin–Karabakh’s permanent delegation to Armenia’said.
Among the citizenship recipients are citizen of France Antoinette Emirzian–US citizens Levon & Silva Partagchian–Zaum Ter-Talian–citizens of Iran Vahik Ratus–Normenats Patatian–Noemik Puladian–Andranik & Vardan Kamalian (all reside in the Mardakert region of Karabakh)–as well as citizens of Iran Yerjanik Movsissian and Serzhik Amirkhanian living in Stepanakert.