Proceedings of the 13th Meeting of
The COMCEC Trade Working Group
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9. Closing Remarks
The Meeting ended with closing remarks of Mr. Rizwan BASHIR, Secretary of Federal Board of
Revenue in Pakistan and Chairperson of the Meeting and Mr. Selçuk KOÇ, Director in the
COMCEC Coordination Office.
In his remarks, Mr. Bashir, thanked all the Member Countries for giving him the opportunity to
chair this session. He also thanked all the participants, presenters for their invaluable
contributions, comments and ideas presented during the discussions.
Mr. KOÇ also thanked all the participants for their invaluable contributions. He underlined that
the observations, comments and critiques of the participants on the research report prepared
specifically for the Trade Working Group Meetings would be welcomed in order to improve its
quality. He also stated feedbacks about the main output of the meeting, the draft policy
recommendations which will be presented to the 35th Session of the COMCEC, would be very
valuable. Mr. KOÇ also highlighted the importance of COMCEC Project Funding and invited the
Member Country participants as well as the relevant OIC Institutions to submit project
proposals to benefit from this important facility.
Mr. KOÇ informed the participants that the next (14th) Meeting of the Trade Working Group
will be held on October 24th, 2019 in Ankara with the theme of “Improving Customs Transit
Systems in the Islamic Countries”.Before concluding, Mr. KOÇ thanked again all the participants
and wished them a safe trip back home.