Egypt to participate in 3 WCO meetings in Brussels Monday

CAIRO - 24 June 2018: The Finance Ministry will participate in three important meetings of the World Customs Organization (WCO) to discuss developments regarding world trade.

Head of the Customs Authority Gamal Abdel Azim led a customs delegation heading for Brussels to attend the 48th regional meeting of the customs cooperation council, a regional meeting of the heads of the customs authorities in North Africa and Near and Middle East and the 79th meeting of the WCO politics committee.

In a statement on Sunday, Finance Minister Mohammed Maait asserted the importance of Egypt's participation in these meetings to boost cooperation with world countries and benefit from the latest developments in the international arena especially concerning efforts exerted to facilitate world trade.

Egypt aims at increasing its participation in global trade and its share in world trade movement in the coming years in light of the government's strategy to push forward the wheel of production and exports, he said.

During the recent years, the Finance Ministry was keen on participating in international financial, economic and trade talks and launching several initiatives to deepen cooperation with the African and Arab countries and all other countries around the world, he added.

The WCO meetings, which will start Monday and run until June 30, will discuss electronic trade and the security initiative concerned with promoting supervision on customs' outlets along with other trade-related issues.

The Egyptian delegation will attend a number of meetings on the sidelines of the main events to discuss a number of reports on the work of the WCO and other files covering such important topics as governance and integrity, financial audit, aviation safety and economic competitiveness.