The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is developing a new bill on biometric passports, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.
"The Cabinet is currently developing a relevant bill. This is our obligation in the frames of the introduction of a visa-free regime, and this law will be adopted in the near future," he wrote on his page on Facebook when asked to comment on the veto by Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych on the law on biometric passports.
The prime minister noted that the president vetoed the law for very specific reasons.
"Of course he is not against the introduction of biometric passports, but at the time when this law was passed by MPs, it was a typical lobbying law. Therefore the president vetoed it," Azarov said.
As reported in October, Yanukovych vetoed the law on documents confirming the identity and citizenship of Ukraine and returned it with his proposals to the Verkhovna Rada for further consideration.
