Kosovo announced it would issue new passports and other personal documents to replace those issued by UNMIK in the last nine years, New Kosova Report news agency said on May 1.
Printing of the new documents was said to start as early as July 2008.
The documents would have the highest security standards in the region, New Kosova Report quoted Kosovo interior minister Zenun Payaziti as saying in a BBC interview.
Since 1999, Kosovo citizens had used a combination of passports from former Yugoslavia, the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro or Serbia, together with travel documents issued by UNMIK.
The new documents would be recognised by the 40 countries that have so far recognised the new country, New Kosova Report said.
Printing of the new documents was said to start as early as July 2008.
The documents would have the highest security standards in the region, New Kosova Report quoted Kosovo interior minister Zenun Payaziti as saying in a BBC interview.
Since 1999, Kosovo citizens had used a combination of passports from former Yugoslavia, the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro or Serbia, together with travel documents issued by UNMIK.
The new documents would be recognised by the 40 countries that have so far recognised the new country, New Kosova Report said.
