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30 June 2013 Participants of the 20th IAO General Assembly in Athens
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
20th Annual IAO General Assembly Held in Athens
The National Assembly’s delegation took part in the 20th annual General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO), held in Athens, from 26 to 30 June 2013.
In the course of the 20th IAO General Assembly, the Head of the standing delegation, Prof. Dr Mileta Poskurica also met with the organisation’s President and member of the Russian State Duma, Sergei Popov. The officials highlighted the traditionally good and friendly relations between the two countries and the importance of their strategic partnership. They underlined the need to deepen political, economic and cultural relations. The Serbian people enjoys traditional ties with the Russian people and holds the Russian people and state’s support in high regard. The Head of the standing delegation pointed out that Serbia stands united in its state policy on the Kosovo-Metohija issue.
The members of the National Assembly’s standing delegation to IAO had other bilateral meetings where they discussed Serbia’s priorities in the upcoming period, as well as Serbia’s dedication to the development of overall relations with the friendly IAO member states.
In the course of the proceedings, the General Assembly signed a Declaration on the IAO 20th anniversary. The Declaration was signed by the President of the Hellenic Parliament Vangelis Meimarakis. Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Georgia David Usupashvili, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergey Zhelezniak, authorised representatives of the parliaments of Armenia, Cyprus, Belarus, Jordan, Lebanon, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and Bulgaria, while Deputy Speaker Dr Nenad Popovic signed the Declaration on the behalf of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly was represented at the 20th IAO General Assembly by National Assembly Deputy Speaker Dr Nenad Popovic, Head of the National Assembly’s standing delegation to IAO Prof. Dr Mileta Poskurica, and Aleksandar Cotric, member of the National Assembly’s standing delegation to IAO.
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12.00 - closing ceremony of the International Girls in ICT Day (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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14.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with Baroness Catherine Ashton (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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15.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in the Republic of Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, diplomatic salon of Prince Pavle)