ArmInfo.The Russian citizens will be able to visit Armenia by domestic passports since February 23, said the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the end of negotiations with his Armenian colleague Eduard Nalbandian.
"I would like to express satisfaction with the fact that beginning from tomorrow, the changes on non-visa traveling are becoming valid, in accordance with which the Russian citizens can visit Armenia by domestic passports"m said Lavrov.
To note, Armenia adopted the state for foreign citizens enter by domestic passport. The appropriate decree was approved during February 16th governmental meeting. As the Armenian Justice Minister Arpine Hovhannisyan explained, in all the cases when by the intergovernmental agreements of Armenia, the possibility of enter of the foreign citizen to Armenian soil by domestic passports is provided, the Government will set a new order of border trespassing without marks in passports. "In opposite case, the identity document will not be valid in the country of residence, which does not provide the possibility of sealing of such a mark in domestic passport", stated the Minister. Besides, from now on, the domestic passport of the given foreign citizen will be considered in Armenia as a document of identity. "This decision will stimulate the inbound tourism development in Armenia, particularly from Russia", stated Arpine Hovhannisyan. The project is coordinated with NSC and MFA of Armenia.