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PRESIDENT SARGSYAN RECEIVES WCO SECRETARY-GENERAL
Economic News (Information Agency Oreanda), Russia
December 1, 2014 Monday
Yerevan .
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New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400;
mso-bidi-language:#0400;] OREANDA-NEWS . December 01, 2014. President
Serzh Sargsyan received the Secretary-General of the World Customs
Organization (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya.
Welcoming the guest, the Armenian President said that Mr. Mikuriyas
visit to Armenia bore testimony to the fact that the organization
was highly committed and paid special attention to the reforms
implemented in member countries. Serzh Sargsyan expressed the hope
that during his visit, Kunio Mikuriya will manage to record and
assess the effectiveness and achievements of the reforms that have
been carried out in Armenia in the last 5 years with the help of the
WCO. The President underlined that Armenia highly appreciates its
many years collaboration with the WCO and thanked the organization
for keenly supporting our country in responding to the challenges of
the given sector.
Kunio Mikuriya expressed satisfaction with the fact that in terms
of all types of customs reforms, Armenia has carried out extensive
work, and its progress is obvious. He especially underscored the works
that have been successfully accomplished, inter alia, in the areas of
the use of high technologies in customs procedures, modernization of
border customs checkpoints, human resource management and improvement
of legislation. In Kunio Mikuriyas opinion, these reforms have brought
perceptible results and have been highly assessed in his report.
He noted that he was also aware of the positive change in the World
Banks Doing Business 2014 rankings which has been made partly owing
to the works carried out by Armenia in the spheres of tax and customs
administration.
The RA President and the WCO Secretary-General also discussed the
upcoming programs designed to deal with the reforms and challenges
facing the RA Customs Service, in that context attaching great weight
to customs officer-businessman cooperation, continued efforts aimed
at improving the business climate and the competitiveness of Armenias
economy.
Economic News (Information Agency Oreanda), Russia
December 1, 2014 Monday
Yerevan .
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New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400;
mso-bidi-language:#0400;] OREANDA-NEWS . December 01, 2014. President
Serzh Sargsyan received the Secretary-General of the World Customs
Organization (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya.
Welcoming the guest, the Armenian President said that Mr. Mikuriyas
visit to Armenia bore testimony to the fact that the organization
was highly committed and paid special attention to the reforms
implemented in member countries. Serzh Sargsyan expressed the hope
that during his visit, Kunio Mikuriya will manage to record and
assess the effectiveness and achievements of the reforms that have
been carried out in Armenia in the last 5 years with the help of the
WCO. The President underlined that Armenia highly appreciates its
many years collaboration with the WCO and thanked the organization
for keenly supporting our country in responding to the challenges of
the given sector.
Kunio Mikuriya expressed satisfaction with the fact that in terms
of all types of customs reforms, Armenia has carried out extensive
work, and its progress is obvious. He especially underscored the works
that have been successfully accomplished, inter alia, in the areas of
the use of high technologies in customs procedures, modernization of
border customs checkpoints, human resource management and improvement
of legislation. In Kunio Mikuriyas opinion, these reforms have brought
perceptible results and have been highly assessed in his report.
He noted that he was also aware of the positive change in the World
Banks Doing Business 2014 rankings which has been made partly owing
to the works carried out by Armenia in the spheres of tax and customs
administration.
The RA President and the WCO Secretary-General also discussed the
upcoming programs designed to deal with the reforms and challenges
facing the RA Customs Service, in that context attaching great weight
to customs officer-businessman cooperation, continued efforts aimed
at improving the business climate and the competitiveness of Armenias
economy.