The Armenian government is completing preparations for the introduction of a biometric passport system, according to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
“In the coming days, we will present information about our new biometric passports, including the design and appearance we envision, and this is very important news,” he said in a video broadcast on social media while presenting the Civil Contract party’s program for the upcoming elections.
“The next important development is that, from the moment biometric passports are introduced or within one to three months after that, citizens holding biometric passports will have no contact with border guards when passing through Zvartnots Airport or our border checkpoints. They will scan their passports on devices, a green light will turn on, and they will pass through. This is a technology already used in developed countries, and by the first half of 2027 at the latest, we will have these systems at our border crossing points and at Zvartnots Airport,” the Prime Minister explained.
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