14 Mar 2017 20:09

DPR reports 1.2 million people wishing to receive self-proclaimed republic's passports

DONETSK. March 14 (Interfax) - Over one million people have filed applications to obtain passports of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko said.

"Some 1,200,000 people have already filed applications to receive passports," Zakharchenko said at a press conference on Tuesday.

He said that work to issue passports has been intensified due to this.

"Work to issue passports has been stepped up fourfold. A rise in the number of offices to issue passports has already been mulled, but this requires appropriate staff and is linked to this," Zakharchenko said.