MOI: 13 Million passports issued since 2003

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The General Passports Directorate within the Ministry of Interior announced “issuing about (13) million passports during the period 2003-2012.”The Ministry of Interior quoted the Acting Director of Passports Directorate, Colonel Ali al-Jobouri, as saying in statement received by IraqiNews.com ”The Passports Directorate issued about million passports since it was established until 2003, while the Directorate issued about 13 million passports within the duration (2003-2012),” noting that “The passports that were issued in 2012 reached (2,5) million.””The Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, Adnan al-Asadi, instructed to facilitate the process of issuing passports for Iraqi citizens within legal terms,” the statement added. \