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Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Eleventh Sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee
At the eleventh sitting, commenced on 28 May and continued on 11 and 16 June, the Foreign Affairs Committee considered several items from the Committee’s purview.
At the eleventh sitting, commenced on 28 May and continued on 11 and 16 June, the Foreign Affairs Committee considered several items from the Committee’s purview.
Due to a lack of quorum, the Committee members held a meeting on 28 May where they shared their opinions on the Bill amending and modifying the Foreign Affairs Law, and went on to conduct interviews with the newly-appointed ambassadors of the Republic of Serbia to the Kingdom of Holland Cedomir Rajkovic, to FR Germany Iva Viskovic and to the Syrian Arab Republic Jovan Vujasinovic, before departure to diplomatic duty.
Addressing the Committee members, the newly-appointed ambassadors stated the basic guidelines and specific assignments of Serbian embassies in these states and responded to various questions.
Ambassador Rajkovic said that the relations between the two countries are not good because
Ambassador Viskovic stressed that
Ambassador Vujasinovic emphasized that
In the continuation, held on 11 June, within item – Deputy Friendship Groups, the Committee discussed the initiative to form a deputy friendship group with
Continuing the eleventh sitting on 16 June, the Committee consented to conclude the Framework Agreement on Parliamentary Cooperation between the Assembly of the
The Committee unanimously adopted the 2008 Report on the International Cooperation of the National Assembly of the
The Committee accepted several invitations to send National Assembly delegations to participate in parliamentary sessions of international organisations and adopted the reports on visits and contacts realised in the previous period.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Prof. Dr Dragoljub Micunovic.
Committees related to this activity
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9.35 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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10.05 - the representatives of opposition parties' parliamentary groups meet with the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - press conference of MP Borko Stefanovic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - sitting of the Health and Family Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)