YEREVAN. – No Italian citizen named Pierluigi Collina has adopted an Armenian citizen child. The Ministry of Justice of Armenia has issued a statement in this regard, referring to media reports that world-renowned Italian football referee Pierluigi Collina was among the foreigners who had adopted Armenian children with gross violation of Armenia’s law.

The Ministry of Justice clarifies, in particular, that it has never received from Italy's central authorities Collina’'s application to adopt a child who is an Armenian citizen.