Azerbaijan seeks to exchange experiences in customs, postal cooperation
By Amina Nazarli
Azerbaijan is interested in exchange of experiences with the states of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia in the sphere of interaction of postal and customs services.
Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Shahin Bagirov
announced about this while talking to Trend.
A joint workshop of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the
Universal Postal Union, with participation of representatives from
Azerbaijan, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will be held in Baku on April
4-7.
The event will discuss international experience in the field of joint cooperation of postal and customs services, electronic exchange of information on postal items, e-commerce, the joint fight against illicit and dangerous goods and other issues.
Bagirov said the seminar is important for the exchange of experience and information between the countries.
“Today in Baku the seminar was attended by representatives of postal and customs services of various countries. All of them showed great interest in the event. We are also interested in exploring additional international experience in the sphere of interaction of postal and customs services. Moreover, the seminar could be the beginning of a strong cooperation between customs and postal services of the countries,” he said.
One of the issues to be discussed in the framework of the
seminar will be security and protection in this sphere.
“WCO has framework of security standards in the international
supply chain. Taking into consideration the prevalence of postal
services, the seminar will mainly discuss postal security issues,”
he noted.
Other major issues, according to Bagirov, are simplification of the customs clearance and control, and supply of relevant customs declarations, which are approved by the UPU International Bureau, as well as the transfer of preliminary data in electronic format.
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