YEREVAN. - People departing from Armenian airports, are now required to undergo a compulsory procedure of fingerprinting. On June 17 Armenian Government approved the bill "On state registration of fingerprints," submitted by Armenian Police. It will be sent to the Parliament in due course.

The project aims not only at prevention and combat of crime, but also at verification and identification of identities. Police says the need of identification might rise not only due to law violations, but also in cases involving accidents, war, hostilities or rescue operations when there is need to identify the missing people and the dead, cases when people cannot provide information about themselves because of age or health issues.