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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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    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.

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