Politicians and tweeters circulated on social media funny pictures of the new Belgian passport, which contains historical figures and drawings of animals and birds, as well as cartoon characters from famous Belgian stories.
And the official account of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a propaganda video designed using animation techniques, in order to introduce the new passport and the cartoon symbols used in it.
And the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the passport will be available for application starting on the seventh of next February, through the government of the city in which the Belgian citizen lives inside, or from the consulates if he lives in another country.
Het nieuwe paspoort kan vanaf 7 February 2022 worden aangevraagd bij uw gemeente in België of, bij de consulaire post in het buitenland.
De prijs die Buitenlandse Zaken aanrekent, blijft ongewijzigd.
ℹ️ Meer info over het paspoort: https://t.co/CzWTdvkX71 pic.twitter.com/bSqaObgvZE
— 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA (@BelgiumMFA) January 27, 2022
The Belgian researcher Denis Fritz pointed out that the new passport was designed by the company "Zetes" for industries and technology.
Wirtz posted a video of the new design with the caption, "My brother Allen's company Theats have made the coolest passport on the planet."
My brother Alain's company Zetes made the new Belgian passport, the coolest passport on planet earth, with cartoons by Herge, Franquin, EP Jacobs, Peyo, and many others.
pic.twitter.com/yfVqCa4a8O
— Denis Wirtz (@deniswirtz) January 29, 2022
The Belgian Consul in New York City, Frank Jerkins, expressed his opinion about the new design by publishing a picture of a consulate employee holding the new passport, commenting on it, saying, “The Belgian government launched a new passport with a new and unique design that features the shapes of Belgian cartoon characters and comics, here is our employee Marilyn. She holds the latest Belgian passport with a Tintin missile."
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The Belgian government has launched a new passport with a fresh, unique design that features our own very comic book figures.
Our consular officer Marleen is holding the newest Belgian passport with the Tintin rocket.
@BelgiumMFA pic.twitter.com/GC562BRoKK
— Frank Geerkens (@BelgiuminNY) January 27, 2022
Hungary's ambassador to Belgium Tamas Ivan Kovacs also wrote a tweet congratulating the issuance of this passport, noting that it contains drawings of famous cartoon characters such as Tintin, Smurfs and Lucky Luke.
This is VERY #cool indeed!
Congratulations @Sophie_Wilmes and @BelgiumMFA!
#Belgian #passport #Tintin #Smurfs #LuckyLuke 😎🇧🇪👏 https://t.co/ysQLZ4J0Ms pic.twitter.com/YIlRBOKNHV
— Amb.
Tamás Iván KOVÁCS 🇭🇺 (@tamasivankovacs) January 28, 2022
New Belgian passport design is a thing of beauty!
Contains Tintin, Smurfs, Blake & Mortimer, Largo Winch, Lucky Luke (plus a lot of new-fangled security elements) https://t.co/NBtyQNuZxX
— Anne Billson (@AnneBillson) January 27, 2022
👋 Always here to give a helping hand and to present the world's coolest passport!
🇧🇪 What's your opinion on the new Belgian passport, featuring Belgian comic book heroines and heroes?
pic.twitter.com/KqCpmwlsPj
— Laurens Soenen (@LaurensSoenen) January 27, 2022
The new Belgian passport is genuinely very cool https://t.co/G2UvHvSAa0
— Julien Hoez (@JulienHoez) January 27, 2022