- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Brussels Holds Seminar of Russian Federal Customs Service, Benelux

© Sputnik / Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankBagrationovsky customs post in Kaliningrad Region
Bagrationovsky customs post in Kaliningrad Region - Sputnik International
Subscribe
The seminar of the Benelux Union, comprising Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and the Russian Federal Customs Service has been held in the Belgian capital.

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Under the current EU-imposed anti-Russian economic sanctions, the event was, however, attended by representatives of more than 50 European companies.

FCS Head, Andrey Belyaninov, said during his speech at the seminar that Russia remains open to working with the European business.

According to Belyaninov, it would be a pity to lose traditions and established "useful and mutually beneficial" business ties due to sanctions. Therefore, it is important to find mutually acceptable conditions for cooperation under existing political realities, he added.

Bagrationovsky customs post in Kaliningrad Region - Sputnik International
Russia
Russia to Destroy Embargoed Food Once Customs Issues Settled - Watchdog
FCS representatives planned to discuss the changes in the Russian customs legislation, the introduction of information technologies, interaction of Russian and European customs information systems, the work of the European business and the Russian customs under current trade sanctions.

Following the reunification of Crimea with Russia in 2014 and the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis later that year, Russia's relations with the West deteriorated rapidly.

The European Union and their allies accused Moscow of violating Ukraine's territorial integrity and interfering with the country’s internal affairs.

As a punitive measure, the West imposed several rounds of sanctions against Russia, targeting the country’s economy, as well as certain individuals.

Russia has repeatedly denied the accusations, deeming the sanctions to be counterproductive and responding with its own ban on most food products from the countries that introduced the sanctions against it.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала