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DUBAI / WAM
The UAE and Saudi Arabia, on Monday, signed a work plan for the Authorised Economic
Operator (AEO), agreement launched by the two countries in Dubai, aimed at implementing quickly and efficiently the mutual acknowledgement made for the AEO programme between the two countries.
Mohammed Jumaa Busaiba, Director-General of Federal Customs Authority (FCA), and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Haq- bani, Director-General of Saudi Customs, signed the work plan.
Ali Mohamed bin Subaih Al Kaabi, Customs Commissioner and Chairman of FCA; Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of DP World and Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, PCFC; Rashid Lahej Nasser Saeed Al Mansouri, Director-General of General Administration of Customs in Abu Dhabi; Ahmed Mahboob Musabah, Director-General of Dubai Customs; and Mohammed Meer Abdul Rahman Al Sarrah, Director of the Department of Seaports and Customs, Sharjah, attended the signing ceremony.
Commissioner Ali Al Kaabi emphasised that the work plan represented a new step in the process of strengthening the relations between the customs departments of the two countries, adding that it represented the introductory phase for implementing the mutual acknowledgment in the AEO agreement that was signed between the UAE and Saudi Arabia last year during the Al Azm Retreat.
He said that relations between the customs departments of both countries are going through a historical phase based on the brotherly ties, the unity of history, and fate. He also highlighted that the customs departments in both countries aim to strengthen trade between them and raise the rates of commercial exchange as well as exchange the best customs practices, experience and knowledge. The aim is to overcome the obstacles facing commercial trade and raise private sector participation in the customs process.