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Afghanistan prepares to activate TIR by 2011

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The first ECO TIR Workshop, hosted by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation of Afghanistan, with the support of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO), brought together high-level representatives from the Afghan Ministries of Transport, Finance, Commerce and Foreign Affairs as well as the Customs Administration, the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), UNCTAD and the IRU.

Addressing the Workshop, ECO Deputy Secretary General H.E. Altaf Asghar called upon the IRU to prepare, in coordination with the main stakeholders, an action plan to activate the TIR System in Afghanistan by 2011.  The Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation of Afghanistan H.E. Ghulam Ali Rasekh stressed the importance of the TIR System for the economic development of Afghanistan as well as for improved connectivity within the region and beyond, and confirmed the support of his Ministry to implement the TIR System in Afghanistan as soon as possible in collaboration with the Customs Administration, ECO and IRU.

See all presentations delivered at the Workshop on http://www.iru.org/ top page News or News Archive.