ARMENIA AND GEORGIA TO FACILITATE THE PROCESS OF CROSSING THE BORDER

/ARKA/
February 2, 2011
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. Currently the experts and representatives
of state agencies of Armenia and Georgia are discussing the process
of risk assessment and management of border and customs services of
both countries in the working seminar in Yerevan.

“Risk assessment and management is one of five modules of Global
Management of Borders of South-Caucasus (GMBSC), which is implemented
by UNDP with EU support”, said the head of the program GMBSC in
Georgia Nikoloz Samkharadze.

This program is envisaged for three countries of South-Caucasus –
Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“It also promotes strengthening of cooperation between government
agencies of Georgia and Armenia. We have also another module of
trainings where future inspectors of academies of finance and internal
affairs of Georgia participate”, he said.

One of the main modules of the program is modern equipment
of post control in Georgian-Armenian border, particularly
Sadakhlo-Bagratashen. “We learn the lessons of European experts and
want to apply them in South-Caucasus”, he said.

Today there are no big problems in Georgian-Armenian border. “We
are improving our border and customs structures and plan to
maximum facilitate crossing through Georgian-Armenian border”,
said Samkharadze.

In four-day seminar on risk assessment and management (border service,
customs service, sanitary and veterinary inspection) representatives
of National Security Council, Ministry of Health, Ministry of
Agriculture, Police, Ministry of Extraordinary Situations and State
revenue Committee from Armenia and delegations of Tax Service, Border
Police and Patrol Police from Georgia, as well s experts from Georgia,
Armenia and Latvia participate.

From: A. Papazian