On
July 15, the first copy of the biometric passport with the technical
specifications of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
(CEMAC) was issued. The information emerged from a final preparatory
meeting for the launch of the travel document in Yaoundé on Monday,
chaired by the Secretary General of National Security, (DGSN) Victor
Ndocki. Up to July 26, the DGSN said 5,000 of such documents have been
issued.
Cameroon
becomes the first within CEMAC to comply with the standard, before
January 1, 2014 - the end of the visa requirements for the citizens of
this sub region - in accordance with the resolutions of the Summit of
Heads of State and Government held in Libreville in June.
Officials
of DGSN say passports issued before are still valid, even if they do
not provide the same facilities as the biometric passport said to be a
reliable travel document.
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