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5 November 2013 The members of the European Integration Committee in meeting with the delegation of the French Senate Committee for European Affairs
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
European Integration Committee Members Meet with French Senate European Affairs Committee Delegation
The members of the European Integration Committee met today, at the National Assembly House, with a delegation of the French Senate Committee for European Affairs, headed by the Committee Chair Simon Sutour.
The Chair of the French Senate Committee for European Affairs Simon Sutour commended the efforts Serbia puts into progressing toward the European Union. The French Senate is taking concrete steps in support of Serbia’s European Road, said Sutour, mentioning the recently adopted Senate Resolution and activities of the French MPs in international forums all aimed at supporting Serbia.
The officials also discussed the human rights situation in Kosovo-Metohija, progress achieved in the fight against corruption and crime, position of national minorities and freedom of the media. The members of the European Integration Committee informed the guests that that a resolution is being prepared which would define the National Assembly’s future role in the negotiation process, and the establishment of a Parliamentary Committee to monitor the implementation of the SAA, comprising members of the National Assembly and the European Parliament.
The members of the two delegations agreed that parliamentary diplomacy plays an important role, as do exchanges of opinions and experiences, in the improvement of the two countries’ relations.
The meeting was also attended by Committee members Jadranka Joksimovic, Mladen Grujic, Milanka Karic, Jelena Trivan, Vera Paunovic and Karolj Cizik.
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11.00 - visit of the students of the Leskovac School of Economics to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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11.00 - the Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee meets with the Armenian Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, hall 53, 2nd floor)
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12.00 - visit of the students of the Cacak Grammar School to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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12.00 - sitting of the Committee on Administrative, Budgetary, Mandate and Immunity Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.30 - press conference of the MPs of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House 13, Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)