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Marriages with foreigners increase in Azerbaijan

Society Materials 22 January 2010 13:25 (UTC +04:00)
The number of marriages with foreigners and stateless persons increased in Azerbaijan in 2009.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 22 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /

The number of marriages with foreigners and stateless persons increased in Azerbaijan in 2009.

Roughly 2,221 of the total 78,073 marriages registered in Azerbaijan included a foreigner or stateless person this year, the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry's Civil Status Registry Service told Trend .

The number of such marriages increased by 336 compared to 2008, the service said, adding that in 2008 the number of such marriages was 1, 855.

Last year the country experienced a decline in the number of marriages. In 2008, Azerbaijan registered 80,002 marriages.

In 2009, the country registered 7,789 divorces. Compared to 2008 last year, the number of divorces decreased by 125. The number of divorces with foreigners in comparison with 2008 increased by 33 to 81.

According to unofficial data, foreigners married to citizens of Azerbaijan are from Iran, Germany, Israel, the U.S., UK, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, India, China, Turkey, Russia, Georgia and Saudi Arabia.

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