Prof. Dr Vladimir Marinkovic informed Ambassador Fisher Kamm that the visit he paid to the Knesset with the National Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic was very successful in the course of which the Serbian delegation had had a significant number of important and useful meetings. He also said that as the Head of the PGF with Israel he had officially invited his Israeli counterpart – the Head of Knesset’s PFG with Serbia Oded Forer to visit the National Assembly with his fellow PFG members.

The officials agreed that the recent visit of Israeli high-school students to Serbia was a success and Ambassador Fisher Kamm said that they were especially pleased by their meeting with the National Assembly’s PFG with Israel. On the occasion they broached an initiative to organize a visit of Serbian young people to Israel so that they could learn more about the country’s history, culture and institutions.

Prof. Dr Vladimir Marinkovic said he was very happy with the effort invested into fostering close and strong ties between Serbia and Israel and pointed out that there is room to solidify economic ties. Ambassador Fisher Kamm said that the Law on remedying the consequences of the seizure of assets of Holocaust victims with no living legal heirs, unanimously adopted and successfully implemented, is especially important for the Jewish community in Serbia because it is solid proof of friendship and respect.

The officials also spoke about future visits and diplomatic activities planned to help bring the two countries and their people closer together.