YEREVAN. – Armenian ombudsman Arman Tatoyan held a phone conversation with Dutch children’s ombudsman Margrite Klaverboer to discuss deportation of two Armenian children from the Netherlands.

The Dutch ombudsman assured that the case is the focus of her attention, and she us doing her best to postpone the deportation so that she could study thoroughly the papers of the children.

The Armenian ombudsman thanked her Dutch counterpart assuring that he is ready to take measures to ensure that children’s rights are respected.

Armina Hambartsjumian—the mother of Lily, 11, and Howick, 12— was depoted to Armenia last August.

Earlier, the court ruled the Justice Ministry may not grant a residence permit for Howick and Lily. Children have never been to Armenia and do not speak Armenian.