Agreement between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan on settlement of double citizenship

of December 23, 1993

The Russian Federation and Turkmenistan which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties

for the purpose of further development of friendship between them,

aiming at fair and humane settlement, connected with double citizenship,

agreed as follows:

Article 1.

1. Each of the Parties recognizes the right to acquire for the citizens, without losing her nationality, nationality of other Party.

2. Acquisition by the citizen of one Party of nationality of other Party is performed based on free declaration of will of the citizen on conditions and according to the procedure, established by the legislation of the Party which nationality is acquired.

Article 2.

Citizens of one Party who before entry into force of this agreement obtained at their request citizenship of other Party without loss of former nationality keep nationality of both Parties.

Article 3.

1. Children, each of parents of which consisted at the time of the child's birth in nationality of both Parties, acquire nationality of both Parties from the moment of the birth. Before achievement of 18-year age by these children their parents can choose by it nationality of one of the Parties by refusal of nationality of other Party in the form of the joint written statement.

If one of parents died or is deprived of the parent rights before achievement of 18-year age by the child, the option of nationality of the child remains for other parent.

If both parents acquire nationality of both Parties or they stop nationality of both Parties, nationality of the children who did not reach 18-year age respectively changes.

If at both parents nationality of one Party stops and nationality of other Party remains (same for both parents), nationality of children up to 18 years respectively changes.

If at one of parents consisting in nationality of both Parties nationality of one of the Parties stops, that nationality of this Party for children up to 18 years is determined by the written agreement of parents.

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