Yatseniuk: Ukrainians could obtain biometric passports in 2014

16:27, 26.03.2014 1 min read

The issuing of the biometric passports to Ukrainian citizens could be launched this year, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.

"We're planning this year to start issuing biometric passports. We hope that our European partners after the final introduction of these decisions will speed up the process of [introducing a] visa free regime between Ukraine and EU," he said opening an extended sitting of the government in Kyiv on Wednesday.

The premier signed a relative enactment that approves a form of passport that contains biometric data.

Such passports will be two times cheaper then Ukraine's present foreign passports, Yatseniuk said.