Georgia’s achievements in UN, World Customs Organisation project in focus of Interior Minister’s anniversary comments
A memorandum of understanding was also signed at the anniversary occasion between Georgia’s Finance and Interior ministries and the UN. Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia/Facebook.
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Results achieved by Georgia in the Container Control Programme - a project of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Customs Organisation - were in focus of Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri’s comments on Wednesday that marked the 10th anniversary of the programme.
Summarising the results achieved over the decade, Gomelauri listed cases of the law enforcement’s seizures of illegal drugs intended for distribution in Georgia and other countries, the Ministry said.
Addressing the audience for the anniversary that included Ashita Mittal, the UNODC Regional Representative to Central Asia, Gomelauri noted the Ministry appreciated efforts of the UN Office and its “fruitful cooperation” with the Georgian authorities.
A memorandum of understanding was also signed at the anniversary occasion between Georgia’s Finance and Interior ministries and the UN.
The Container Control Programme has been carried out in close cooperation between the two ministries since 2012 and aims to improve control mechanisms of shipping containers originating from high-risk countries through experience-sharing, capacity-building and technical development.
Levan Kakava, the Head of the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, signed an agreement on Georgia's participation in the European Union Customs Programme on Saturday.
Results achieved as part of a programme for information-sharing for organised crime prevention and identification of high-risk shipments were discussed in a meeting between officials of Georgia’s Revenue Service and the State Revenue Committee of Armenia, the Georgian agency said on Friday.
Cargo movement between Georgia and Armenia is now more secure after a new truck scanner was installed at the border crossing point between the two countries.
Georgian customs authorities have the transit of cargo across the country’s economic borders “under control” and are in communication with their international partners to ensure an enforcing of sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili said on Wednesday.
An agreement on preliminary data exchange to simplify customs transit procedures between Georgian, Turkish and Azerbaijani Governments was signed on Thursday in a tripartite meeting by Levan Kakava, the Head of Georgian Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance, Riza Turagay, the Deputy Minister of Trade of Türkiye and Shakhin Bagirov, the Acting Head of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan, in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku.