By Trend
Azerbaijan is increasing the competitiveness of transport
corridors, Trend reports referring to the State Customs
Committee.
According to the committee, an online meeting was held with
experts from the World Bank on the topic of logistics assessment
within the private sector diagnostics.
The event participants were the Committee's Deputy Chairman,
Major General of the Customs Service Javad Gasimov, representatives
of the relevant structures of the committee, World Bank (WB) expert
Daniel Saslavsky and representatives of the bank.
Gasimov noted that long-term relations have been established and
fruitful cooperation is constantly developing between the World
Bank and the Customs Committee.
He pointed out that the reforms carried out under the leadership
of President Ilham Aliyev in recent years have created favorable
conditions for enhancing the human resources, material and
technical, regulatory and legal base of customs authorities,
expanding and developing customs cooperation on an international
scale.
The deputy chairman stressed that the measures taken to improve
the business environment in Azerbaijan are regular.
Noting the importance of the indicators of the WB's assessment
tools and reports for Azerbaijan, he added that the measures taken
to improve the business environment have yielded positive
results.
According to Gasimov, in order to improve the favorable business
environment in Azerbaijan, a special commission and a working group
under the leadership of the State Customs Committee have been
created.
Speaking about the development of logistics and trade, including
projects implemented in this area, he also informed about the work
carried out to create logistics centers, open new customs
checkpoints, and expand the infrastructure of existing checkpoints,
including increasing the competitiveness of transport
corridors.
The WB expert Saslavsky spoke about the links between the
structure he represents and the State Customs Committee, and also
thanked for the information provided for the meeting and
diagnostics of the private sector.
Besides, Saslavsky expressed confidence that the interaction
will further strengthen, and effective cooperation will accelerate
international trade and improve the business environment.
Then, the meeting attendants discussed issues of assessing the
logistics sector, increasing the opportunities for private sector
participation in the economy.