WCO SECRETARY GENERAL PERSONALLY GOT FAMILIARIZED WITH CUSTOMS SERVICES’ OPERATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.10.2009 19:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretary General
Kunio Mikuriya is carrying out a two-day visit to Armenia to get
personally familiarized with custom services’ operations and current
reforms, RA State Income Committee’s press service reports.

Secretary General’s visit is accounted for Armenia’s considerable
progress which received WCO’s high assessment, Committee says in
a release.

Kunio Mikuriya met with RA State Income Committee Chair Gagik
Khachatryan. Parties discussed possibilities of introducing "Columbus"
program in Armenia.

"We intend to make Armenia a customs transformation model in entire
region and introduce its experience to other states," WCO Secretary
General said.

World Customs Organization is presently the only international
structure dealing purely with customs issues. It currently has 174
member states which are offered to join various conventions and other
international instruments. Armenia has been a WCO member since 1992.