Artsakh passport
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| Artsakhi passport | |
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| Type | Passport |
| Issued by |  Artsakh |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Artsakhi citizenship |
Artsakhi passports (Armenian: Արցախի անձնագիր) were issued to Artsakhi citizens to travel outside the partially recognized Republic of Artsakh. They were also used as proof of identity within the country.
Passports of the Republic of Artsakh were issued based on amendments to the Constitution of Artsakh of 2006.[citation needed]
Physical appearance
[edit]An ordinary Artsakhi passport was dark red, with the Republic of Artsakh's coat of arms emblazoned in gold in the center of the front cover. The words (Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետություն) "Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh" and (Armenian: Անձնագիր) "Passport" in the Armenian and English languages also appeared on the front cover.
The passport was valid for 10 years from the time of issue, the contents of the passport were in the Armenian and English languages.[citation needed]
Travel and recognition
[edit]Due to the status of the state, the passport was not legally recognized by the international community and it was used only within the borders of Artsakh and three other post-Soviet disputed states; Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria as all members of the Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations had agreed to abolish visa requirements for their citizens.[citation needed] In addition, citizens of Artsakh could travel visa-free to neighboring Armenia.[citation needed]
Artsakh permits dual citizenship.[1] Most Artsakh citizens also had an Armenian passport for international travel.[citation needed] A number of Syrian Armenian refugees were granted Artsakh passports when they immigrated in 2012.[2] Since the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War there have been difficulties using the document to establish rights to state assistance in Armenia.[3]
See also
[edit]- Armenian passport
- Foreign relations of Artsakh
- Political status of Artsakh
- Republic of Artsakh
- Visa policy of Artsakh
- Visa requirements for Artsakh citizens
References
[edit]- ^ Kochenov, Dimitry (2020). Kälin and Kochenov's Quality of Nationality Index: An Objective Ranking of the Nationalities of the World. Justin Lindeboom. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. ISBN 978-1-5099-4520-7.
- ^ Babayan, Knar (18 March 2013). "Քաշաթաղ, Լիբանան, թե՞ ուր. Բերձոր եկած սիրիահայերը հեռանալու և մնալու միջև". eMedia.am (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Gevorgyan, Ani (2024-02-08). "Արցախից բռնի տեղահանված 94-ամյա կինը Հայաստանում թոշակ, նպաստ չի ստանում" [94-year-old woman displaced from Artsakh receives no pension or benefits in Armenia]. forrights.am (in Armenian). Journalists for Human Rights. Archived from the original on 10 March 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
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