Mr. Daniel Brunt, Customs Attaché, the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok as a cooperate partner of ROCB A/P paid courtesy visit to Mr. Norikazu Kuramoto, the Head of the ROCB A/P accompanied by his successor Mr. David Radovanovich on June 15 2021.

Mr. Kuramoto welcomed them and expressed his gratitude for the great help provided by Mr. Brunt to ROCB A/P in the past three years at the end of his term and his return to New Zealand Customs. At the same time, He expressed warmest welcome to Mr. Radovanovich to ROCB A/P family and look forward to forthcoming collaboration.

Mr. Radovanovich introduced his role as a Technical Attaché in Bangkok and emphasized the importance of the efforts to assist the Members to build capacity in the AP region. He also expressed his commitment to the supporting ROCB A/P.

Taking this opportunity, Mr. Kuramoto introduced all the ROCB A/P members and asked Mr. Radovanovich to have good relationship with us. He outlined the major current initiatives of the World Customs Organization (WCO), including its main missions and tools/instruments as well as the COVID-19 response followed by the introduction on ROCB A/P and the upcoming events in the next fiscal year.

In addition to that, Mr. Kuramoto expressed his deepest appreciation to the New Zealand Customs for its great contribution made for the ROCB A/P activities and the E-Newsletter and looked forward to closer cooperation in the future.

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