New biometric passports for Armenian citizens to be highly secure

ArmInfo.  The new biometric passports for Armenian citizens will be highly secure and incorporate advanced international practices. A delegation led by RA Minister of  Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan paid a working visit to Haarlem, the  Netherlands, where the new passports will be printed at a  manufacturing facility of the French company IN Groupe.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs' press service, during  the visit, the combination of the passport cover and pages, including  the polycarbonate data page and visa pages, was presented. Pre-press  testing, color selection, and the integration of sketches, taking  into account all security components, were discussed.

Isabelle Lauzon, Director of International Business Development at  Private Partner, assured the Minister that the company has mobilized  its best resources and made every effort to meet the needs of the  Armenian side and produce a high-quality document. She emphasized  that the program's goal is to bring to Armenia advanced global  practices in the field of identity cards and documents, ensuring a  qualitatively new level of data and document protection based on  entirely new approaches.

The delegation, led by the minister, toured the production facility,  learned about individual template production components, the latest  technologies, and quality differences, and received professional  consultations.

The private partner's experts are specialists working for the  International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), who ensure the  passport's compliance with current and emerging international  standards.

Arpine Sargsyan was presented with comprehensively tested color  solutions for visa pages, which were integrated with the fundamental  printing principles. The most harmonious and reliable options were  selected. French and Dutch specialists presented the advantages and  risks of choosing each shade, explained international color selection  principles, and the capabilities of the latest technologies.

The printing paper has undergone special processing: a watermark in  the form of the coat of arms and fibers, including tricolor fibers  specially produced for the Republic of Armenia, have been added to  the composition. Over the next two weeks, during the pre-printing  stage of the biometric passport, first individual pages and then the  entire form will undergo a comprehensive quality check. The results  will be presented to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a decision  on finalizing the documents.