Thursday, May 9, 2019

Union LIP Minister discusses e-ID with Austria’s Deputy Head of Mission

THE Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population, U Thein Swe, received a delegation led by Ms. Judith Schildberger, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Austrian Embassy in Bangkok, at his ministry’s meeting room in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.


During their meeting, the two sides discussed the tasks for collecting the biographic and biometric data of citizens and issuing Unique IDs, and the discussions held between the Union Minister and the Austrian Ambassador in March regarding collaboration on this matter.

They discussed the State Counsellor’s meeting with the Prime Minister of Austria in China around April and how they talked about the different stages of the UID Project, funding programs and tasks.

They also discussed conducting close negotiations between the governments of Myanmar and Austria concerning Austria’s likelihood to fully share it’s UID technologies and the implementation of e-ID in Myanmar.

MNA
Translated by Zaw Htet Oo
PHOTO : MNA
Ref : The Global New Light of Myanmar

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