May 11 in Moscow took place the meeting of the Chairman of the State Customs Committee of South Ossetia Murat Tskhovrebov with the head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Andrei Belyaninov. During the meeting it was discussed the mechanism of implementation of the Treaty of Alliance and Integration between South Ossetia and Russia regarding the integration of the customs authorities. The corresponding supplementary agreement was signed by the parties April 25, 2016.
According to Murat Tskhovrebov, the meeting was held in a friendly and constructive atmosphere. The parties have agreed to proceed with the implementation of the additional agreementand to form a joint working group that will coordinate the practical implementation of measures to implement the agreement and to solve the arising problems. On the proposal of the Russian partners the meetings of the working group will also be conducted in the videoconference format. The parties also discussed the issues of information exchange between the customs authorities of South Ossetia and Russia, as well as cooperation in the field of logistics.
In an interview with the journalists of IA "Res" Murat Tskhovrebov has noted that thanks to the policy of President Leonid Tibilov the interaction of South Ossetia and Russia in the field of customs has reached a new level: "In the format of a joint working group, we will be able to quickly solve all the issues that may arise in the implementation of the signed agreement. With the development of bilateral co-operation in South Ossetia will be modernized the material-technical resources of the South Ossetian customs authorities, and will be improved the skill level of our employees. I am pleased to say that we have met full understanding and support of Andrei Belianinov. "
According to the head of the South Ossetian customs authorities, this meeting has become an important step in the implementation of the supplementary agreement to the Treaty of Alliance and Integration, signed on March 18, 2015 by presidents Leonid Tibilov and Vladimir Putin: "In the field of customs, we, with our Russian colleagues have been consistently implementing the course, fixed in the signed agreement. It aims at the closest interaction and cooperation between South Ossetia and Russia. "
