Memorandum of Understanding between the EEC and WCO signed
Member of the Board - Minister in charge of Customs Cooperation the Eurasian Economic Commission Mukai Kadyrkulov discussed formats of cooperation with the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya in Brussels (Belgium) on June 17, 2016.
During the meeting, the Parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the World Customs Organization. In this regard, Mukai Kadyrkulov and Kunio Mikuriya reviewed the perspectives and forms of cooperation, including the sharing of open information and documents of mutual interest; the participation of the representatives of the EEC and WCO in the activities carried out by the Commission and WCO; and the arrangement of joint meetings, consultations, scientific and practical seminars and conferences on topical issues of customs administration.
According to Mukai Kadyrkulov, the signing of the Memorandum opens a new page in the relations between the EEC and WCO, as well as defines the legal framework for interaction and cooperation prospects between the organizations. As the Minister of the EEC said, it was very important that the meeting was held and that the agreements reached result in practical results in the development of integration processes in customs administration in the near future.
Press-release at the official Eurasian Economic Commission web-site