(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. A meeting of a
Trilateral Committee on customs Issues between the governments of
Azerbaijan, Türkiye and Georgia was held on August 18, Trend reports.
At the meeting, an agreement between the parties was signed on
the exchange of primary information to simplify transit customs
procedures within the framework of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway
project.
The delegation of Türkiye headed by Deputy Trade Minister Riza
Tuna Turagay and the delegation of Georgia headed by the Director
General of the Revenue Service of Georgia Levan Kakava arrived in
Azerbaijan for the meeting.
Before the meeting, both delegations paid tribute to the memory
of the great leader Heydar Aliyev in the Alley of Honor, laid
wreaths at his grave, and also honored the memory of the
outstanding ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva, laid
flowers at her grave.
The guests honored the memory of the martyrs in the Alley of
Martyrs and laid wreaths at the 'Eternal Flame' monument.
Then, the parties discussed cooperation in the customs area and
issues of mutual interest in a bilateral format.
The heads of delegations who spoke at the meeting stressed the
importance of cooperation in customs matters for easy and rapid
implementation of regional and international trade and noted that
the agreement would make an important contribution to the more
effective establishment of activities on this issue.
The agreement was signed by First Deputy Chairman of the State
Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Lieutenant-General
Shahin Bagirov, Deputy Trade Minister of Türkiye Riza Tuna Turagay
and Director General of the Revenue Service of Georgia Levan
Kakava.
The purpose of the agreement is to implement the electronic
exchange of primary information to simplify customs procedures for
goods transported in transit within the framework of the
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project through the territory of all
three countries.
The agreement will create important opportunities in terms of
timely and efficient transportation of goods by the
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway connecting the trans-European and
trans-Asian railway corridors. Thus, with the organization of
electronic exchange of primary information about goods, customs
procedures will be simplified, and border crossing processes will
be accelerated. At the same time, due to mutually agreed modern
methods of customs control, time will be saved, which will create
conditions for the comfortable movement of goods. The agreement,
which is also important in terms of increasing the attractiveness
of transport corridors, will have a positive impact on increasing
logistics opportunities for economic operators, and seaports and
will play an important role in further expanding the transit
potential of our country and the region.
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