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GAGIK KHACHATRYAN HOPES ARMENIA WILL HAVE INTERNATIONAL CLASS CHECKPOINTS IN TWO YEARS
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 3, 2010 - 15:45 AMT 11:45 GMT
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a working meeting with
representatives of the RA customs service at Bagratashen checkpoint
located at the Armenian-Georgian border.
A PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from Bagratashen that the
Armenian President displayed interest towards the reforms implemented
in the country's customs system.
"Frontier checkpoints in compliance with European and international
standards are of keen importance for us. We want business circles
as well as those citizens, who cross the border, see the reforms
implemented on simplification of the current procedures," Chairman
of the RA State Revenues Committee Gagik Khachatryan told journalists.
According to him, these processes are in the focus of the Armenian
President's attention. Khachatryan added that relevant conditions
have been created in Armenia to have international class checkpoints
in the country.
He said that an international tender have been announced, in which
countries with the best European experience will participate. Projects
will be drafted based on their technical offers and then relevant
construction works will be launched. Gagik Khachatryan expressed hope
that similar checkpoints will be established in Armenia in two years.
"Currently, the most important thing is that we have simplified the
procedure for border crossing, and currently only three documents
need to be submitted at checkpoints against previous 8 ones," he said.
Khachatryan said that the new checkpoints will allow creating a common
system of border management in Armenia. "All structures working at
borders with business circles should operate within a common system
to avoid additional interferences, i.e. different structures should
not demand the same documents," he said.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 3, 2010 - 15:45 AMT 11:45 GMT
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a working meeting with
representatives of the RA customs service at Bagratashen checkpoint
located at the Armenian-Georgian border.
A PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from Bagratashen that the
Armenian President displayed interest towards the reforms implemented
in the country's customs system.
"Frontier checkpoints in compliance with European and international
standards are of keen importance for us. We want business circles
as well as those citizens, who cross the border, see the reforms
implemented on simplification of the current procedures," Chairman
of the RA State Revenues Committee Gagik Khachatryan told journalists.
According to him, these processes are in the focus of the Armenian
President's attention. Khachatryan added that relevant conditions
have been created in Armenia to have international class checkpoints
in the country.
He said that an international tender have been announced, in which
countries with the best European experience will participate. Projects
will be drafted based on their technical offers and then relevant
construction works will be launched. Gagik Khachatryan expressed hope
that similar checkpoints will be established in Armenia in two years.
"Currently, the most important thing is that we have simplified the
procedure for border crossing, and currently only three documents
need to be submitted at checkpoints against previous 8 ones," he said.
Khachatryan said that the new checkpoints will allow creating a common
system of border management in Armenia. "All structures working at
borders with business circles should operate within a common system
to avoid additional interferences, i.e. different structures should
not demand the same documents," he said.
From: A. Papazian