Following the successful implementation of the use of national identity cards as documents for cross-border travel between Namibia and Botswana, authorities in the neighbouring country are using the lessons from the agreement to launch similar arrangements with other countries in the region.

The governments of Namibia and Botswana say the objective of the Memorandum of Agreement is to establish a legal framework within which the two countries shall conduct their relationship and set out the modalities of cooperation in relation to the facilitation of cross-border travel using National Identity Cards bet