[27/February/2010]

SANA'A, Feb. 27 (Saba)- Chairman of Customs Authority Mohammed Zamam discussed on Saturday with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Hasan al-Atrash, priorities and trends of the Authority work during the upcoming period as well as mechanisms to activate its role in improving investment.

During the meeting, Zamam affirmed the importance of the role done by the Customs Authority in improving the national economy and investment environment, noting that the Authority is not only a revenues body but also one of the main tools to prepare and improve investment situation.

For his part, head of the IMF delegation, al-Atrash, praised efforts of the Authority in improving investment environment, making clear that this visit comes within concern of the Fund to know priorities of the Authority in the coming period in order to insert it in the memo the Fund will prepare which will define the Yemeni government policy for the next three years.

He valued cooperation of specialists in the Customs Authority in providing all data and information which facilitated the delegation tasks.

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Saba