BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 5. Hungary and
Azerbaijan are at an early stage of preparation of an agreement in
customs sphere, Deputy Head of the International Relations
Department of the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration
Zsuzsa Kecskes said in an exclusive interview with Trend.
“There is an agreement between the two customs administrations
on the customs cooperation, but it is currently in an early stage
of preparation. The main objective of the planned agreement is to
develop and strengthen cooperation between the customs
administrations to prevent, investigate and repress customs
offences which harm the economic, fiscal, social, cultural and
commercial interests of their countries. We are convinced that
close cooperation and quick response of the customs administrations
would make the fight against customs fraud more efficient. Last but
not least it is also worth emphasizing the importance of developing
and strengthening the cooperation between the two customs
administrations by mutual exchange of knowledge, experience and
best practices in the field of fight against customs offences,” she
said.
Kecskes also talked about the expected visit of Hungarian tax
and customs administration representatives to Azerbaijan this
year.
“Last year, unfortunately, we were unable to accept the kind
invitation of Shahin Baghirov, Chairman of the State Customs
Committee due to our commitments related to the Hungarian EU
Presidency but later this year we will definitely pay a visit to
the Republic of Azerbaijan to have a high-level bilateral meeting,”
she said.
Kecskes pointed out that the primary objective of the visit is
to review the bilateral cooperation, evaluate the past activities
as well as to discuss key issues regarding the future
cooperation.
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