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Russia's Duma to permit frgn travel passports valid for ten years.
MOSCOW, December 12 (Itar-Tass) - State Duma, the lower house of
parliament is expected to have the second reading of a bill on prolonging the validity of Russian foreign travel passports with biometric data to ten years from the current five.
The number of pages in the new passports will increase twofold, too.
The state fee for the issuance of such passports to adults will
increase to 2,000 rubles from 1,000 rubles at present. As for children
younger than twelve, the state will charge 1,200 rubles per passport
versus 500 rubles at present.
Russian citizens will retain the right to choosing between getting a
passport valid for five years or the one valid for ten years.
The twofold extension of validity of foreign travel passports
containing digitalized biometric information will help bring the norms of
Russian legislation closer to international norms, believes MP Vladimir
Pligin, one of the authors of the bill who chairs the Duma's committee for
constitutional legislation.
"The new foreign travel passports will meet the international
standards for security of personal data used for personality
identification, and the possible operational term, in the course of which
the passports will have operational and technical validity, may reach ten
years," he said.
The Russians will have an opportunity to get new passports as of next
March, Mikhail Tyurkin, first deputy director of the Federal Migration
Service said.
The new law is due to take effect March 1, 2010, which means that the
Russians will be able to file applications for the new passports as of the
beginning of next spring, he said.
.Russian, Palestinian Foreign Ministers to have talks in Moscow.
MOSCOW, December 9 (Itar-Tass) - Prospects for development of
relations between Russia and the Palestinian National Authority and the
situation in the Middle East are the focal points of the talks that Russia'
s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and the Palestinian Foreign Minister,
Riyad al-Malki are expected to have here Wednesday.
Al-Malki is making a three-day working visit to Russia at Lavrov's
invitation.
"The sides have the task of a detailed review of bilateral relations
with accent on practical assistance to the Palestinians in the resolution
of pressing issues in the sphere of building a coherent, strong and
efficacious state power, as well as in eliminating the acute social and
economic problems and bringing people's life back to normal," the Russian
Foreign Ministry's official spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said.
He indicated that the sides will give priority attention to the
current status of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process.
"The Palestinian Minister's visit to Moscow reflects the generally
high level of trust and mutual understanding in the Russian-Palestinian
relations," Nesterenko said. "It testifies to the special significance
that both sides attach to greater bilateral coordination on pressing
issues of the regional and international agenda."
"Russian-Palestinian ties received new dynamism of late through an
expansion of the sphere of contacts the leadership of the Palestinian
Authority has with Russian counterparts to the level of constituent
territories, including Dagestan and Chechnya.
The Russian government views Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority
President as a national leader recognized by all the Palestinians,
Nesterenko said.
"Russia's principled stance suggests that the Palestinians'
aspirations for getting a viable independent state of their own deserve
immediate materialiazation," he said.
A foundation for this was laid by the Madrid principles, the
resolutions of the UN Security Council, the Arab Peace Initiative and the
Road Map peace plan, Nesterenko said.
"Russia has always given support to the Palestinian people's
legitimate rights and if you look at the situation in this context, a full
stop to the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank of the
Jordan, a lifting of blockade of the Gaza Strip, and restoration of the
Palestinians' freedom of traveling are the tasks requiring immediate
solution," he said.
"Both parties to the conflict should prevent any unilateral actions
that may block the resumption of peace talks," Nesterenko said.
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parliament is expected to have the second reading of a bill on prolonging the validity of Russian foreign travel passports with biometric data to ten years from the current five.
The number of pages in the new passports will increase twofold, too.
The state fee for the issuance of such passports to adults will
increase to 2,000 rubles from 1,000 rubles at present. As for children
younger than twelve, the state will charge 1,200 rubles per passport
versus 500 rubles at present.
Russian citizens will retain the right to choosing between getting a
passport valid for five years or the one valid for ten years.
The twofold extension of validity of foreign travel passports
containing digitalized biometric information will help bring the norms of
Russian legislation closer to international norms, believes MP Vladimir
Pligin, one of the authors of the bill who chairs the Duma's committee for
constitutional legislation.
"The new foreign travel passports will meet the international
standards for security of personal data used for personality
identification, and the possible operational term, in the course of which
the passports will have operational and technical validity, may reach ten
years," he said.
The Russians will have an opportunity to get new passports as of next
March, Mikhail Tyurkin, first deputy director of the Federal Migration
Service said.
The new law is due to take effect March 1, 2010, which means that the
Russians will be able to file applications for the new passports as of the
beginning of next spring, he said.
.Russian, Palestinian Foreign Ministers to have talks in Moscow.
MOSCOW, December 9 (Itar-Tass) - Prospects for development of
relations between Russia and the Palestinian National Authority and the
situation in the Middle East are the focal points of the talks that Russia'
s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and the Palestinian Foreign Minister,
Riyad al-Malki are expected to have here Wednesday.
Al-Malki is making a three-day working visit to Russia at Lavrov's
invitation.
"The sides have the task of a detailed review of bilateral relations
with accent on practical assistance to the Palestinians in the resolution
of pressing issues in the sphere of building a coherent, strong and
efficacious state power, as well as in eliminating the acute social and
economic problems and bringing people's life back to normal," the Russian
Foreign Ministry's official spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said.
He indicated that the sides will give priority attention to the
current status of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process.
"The Palestinian Minister's visit to Moscow reflects the generally
high level of trust and mutual understanding in the Russian-Palestinian
relations," Nesterenko said. "It testifies to the special significance
that both sides attach to greater bilateral coordination on pressing
issues of the regional and international agenda."
"Russian-Palestinian ties received new dynamism of late through an
expansion of the sphere of contacts the leadership of the Palestinian
Authority has with Russian counterparts to the level of constituent
territories, including Dagestan and Chechnya.
The Russian government views Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority
President as a national leader recognized by all the Palestinians,
Nesterenko said.
"Russia's principled stance suggests that the Palestinians'
aspirations for getting a viable independent state of their own deserve
immediate materialiazation," he said.
A foundation for this was laid by the Madrid principles, the
resolutions of the UN Security Council, the Arab Peace Initiative and the
Road Map peace plan, Nesterenko said.
"Russia has always given support to the Palestinian people's
legitimate rights and if you look at the situation in this context, a full
stop to the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank of the
Jordan, a lifting of blockade of the Gaza Strip, and restoration of the
Palestinians' freedom of traveling are the tasks requiring immediate
solution," he said.
"Both parties to the conflict should prevent any unilateral actions
that may block the resumption of peace talks," Nesterenko said.
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