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Thursday, 27 December 2007
Eleventh Sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee
At the sitting held on 27 December, the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee conducted an interview with the newly appointed Serbian Ambassadors to Finland and Italy, Vera Mavric and Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, as part of the duty established under the new Foreign Affairs Bill.
At the sitting held on 27 December, the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee conducted an interview with the newly appointed Serbian Ambassadors to
Presenting her work plan, Ambassador Mavric stressed that
Ambassador Mavric stated that her main task will be representing
Elaborating her main positions in the final interview with the Committee members, Ambassador Raskovic-Ilic pointed out that keeping Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty in Kosovo and Metohia and the process of Serbia joining the European Union are two processes that should be conducted separately, so as to avoid situations in which “Serbia might be blackmailed”. The new Ambassador stressed that the most important thing at the moment is to win the support of Italy in the process of determining the future status of Kosovo and Metohia, adding that the House of Representatives of the Italian Parliament passed two resolutions this year obligating the Government not to bring unilateral solutions and to support a compromise solution of the future status of Kosovo and Metohia acceptable to both Belgrade and Serbia.
The Ambassador pointed out that Italy’s support to Serbia’s joining the EU will her other priority stating that Italy does not insist on full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal as a condition for joining the EU.
Raskovic-Ivanovic pointed out that
The Committee members posed several questions to the new Serbian Ambassadors stressing that their main task must be advocating the protection of
Committees related to this activity
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9.00 - consultations of representatives of the parliamentary groups about the election of deputy chairpersons of the National Assembly working bodies (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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10.00 - visit of the students of Stevan Dukic Elementary School to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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11.00 - visit of the students of Drinka Pavlovic Elementary School Student Parliament to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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11.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)оwn Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House 13, Nikola Pasic Square. Central Hall)
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13.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Speaker’s Cabinet)