Abkhazia and Russia have signed an intergovernmental agreement

The Governments of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Russian Federation signed an agreement on accreditation of the national accreditation system of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Russian Federation.

Sukhum. September 29. Apsnypress. Lana Tsvizhba. Opening ceremony of the signing of an intergovernmental agreement, Deputy Prime Minister Beslan Eshba noted that this document is necessary. "We are talking about accounting and quality control and the volume of imported and exported goods from the country. Thanks to the document which is signed by the Russian Federation, we are entering a new level of quality of interaction ", - said Eshba.
 
 Thus, Chairman of the RA State Committee on Standards, Consumer and Technical Supervision Eric Rshtuni stressed that the agreement will facilitate the task of the exporters and would exercise control over imports, which comes to Abkhazia.
 
For his part, Head of the Federal Service for accreditation Alexey Khersontsev said: "Accreditation means recognition of the fact that one or another testing laboratory or certification body is really competent. The signing of the document is a big step forward for the two economies. It allows to spend less resources on a mutual issue of certificates, makes it possible the growth of trade turnover between our countries.