Principal functions Its key functions are to operate the public postal service. There is no regulator. As the supervisory body, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications exercises administrative and financial control and decides policy and budgetary matters. Operator Department of Posts. Restructuring There is a wish to give the Post a new status, more independent of the State, which would make it possible to introduce improvements in services and proposed products more quickly and which would give greater management independence.
Studies are under way.
In the short term, computerization is planned. There is no clear definition of the scope of the universal service. The postal administration monitors compliance with the rules on the monopoly. Competition The limits of competition in the domestic and international services are not defined. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications determines the scope of postal services.