The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects to start issuing biometric passports “in the next few weeks”, Minister George Vella told Tonio Fenech (PN) in reply to a PQ.

He said the delay in the use of acquired equipment, which had already been distributed to embassies, had been caused by technical difficulties but the security of the data collected had not been compromised.

Recent talks had finally overcome the problems.

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