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Saudi officials set terms to resolve truck backlog at border
Customs fees applicable on the goods sent to Saudi Arabia through the UAE must be paid at the border, insisted Saudi officials on Sunday, during a meeting with UAE delegation to find a solution to the truck backlog at the UAE-Saudi border.
- By Abdullah Rasheed, Abu Dhabi Editor
- Published: 12:41 June 15, 2009
Riyadh: Customs fees applicable on the goods sent to Saudi Arabia through the UAE must be paid at the border, insisted Saudi officials on Sunday, during a meeting with UAE delegation to find a solution to the truck backlog at the UAE-Saudi border.
Saudi customs also want to implement the ban imposed around two weeks back against the entry of used cars that are more than five-years old.
However, the UAE side is asking them to delay implementing the decision for a while so the traders who bought the cars before the decision was taken could find an alternative.
Earlier, officials at the Saudi Passports Department have categorically denied responsibility for the situation at the border.
In a statement to Gulf News, the Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Affairs of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Mohammad Mazroui, said that the concerned authorities in both countries were keen to resolve the crisis within the framework of the special relationship between them.
Mokbil Al Sayrai, the acting Director of Media Affairs of the Eastern Province Passports Office stressed that his department had nothing to do with the ordeal faced by truck drivers in Al Ba'tha border check in, and that it has to do with other departments which he declined to identify.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, he said the passports authorities have not introduced any new measures which might cause the problem. "On the contrary, the Passports authorities have supported Al Ba'tha border post with additional personnel to help in facilitation of entry procedures, especially with the application of the fingerprint." he added.
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