Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree on preparing new generation identity cards for the citizens of the Azerbaijani Republic, AzerTAj state news agency reported.
The Cabinet of Ministers was instructed to prepare and submit to the President of Azerbaijan the descriptions, specifications and sample of identity cards, containing an electronic carrier (chip), within three months.
Also it was instructed to insert in the electronic carrier (chip) the data on the place of residence and marital status of a citizen, as well as his/her fingerprints and other biometric indicators.