Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 10 /Trend, H.Veliyev/
The biometric passports in Azerbaijan will contain all modern means of protection that will minimize the possibility of their forgery, a source at the Justice Ministry of Azerbaijan told Trend on Wednesday.
After three-years attentive consideration of the proposals by several companies involved in the development of biometric identification systems, eventually the working group operating under the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) has selected Swiss Trüb AG Company.
MED acts in the project on behalf of the government, and the concrete work will be carried out directly by the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan.
Technical proposals by Trüb AG for the production and personalization of biometric passports have been studied by Ministry of Justice in accordance with the modern safety requirements.
Today, the Trüb AG Company has implemented a similar project for the Estonian government, which in late March concluded a five-year contract with Trüb AG on the production and personalization of the new Estonian ID-cards.
All demands and proposals of the Azerbaijani government on the project of transition to a biometric identification system were adopted by Trüb AG. Under the project, biometric passports will be issued to citizens by 2012. The project envisages issuing three types of biometric passports: civil, official and diplomatic.
Under the project, centers will be established in Azerbaijan, which will deal with the personalization of passports of the new generation. Azerbaijan's biometric passports will have a polycarbonate page containing an integrated contactless chip. The pages will be optically personalized by laser engraving and contain a variety of integrated security features. The polycarbonate data pages are designed for 10 years.
