National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Friday, 20 September 2013
24th Sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee
At the sitting held on 20 September, the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee conducted an interview with Miodrag Nikolin, newly-appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and Zoran Popovic, the newly-appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia – resident representative of the Republic of Serbia to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, before their deployment to diplomatic duty.
Talking to the Committee members, the newly-appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia – resident representative of the Republic of Serbia to the Council of Europe, Zoran Popovic said that Serbia’s participation in the Council of Europe is grounded in solid positions of earned trust, adding that the focus will remain on human rights issues, democratic institutions, strengthening of the legislative, the judiciary, freedom of the media and similar. He stressed Serbia will abide by and promote standards relating to national minority rights. Speaking of Kosovo-Metohija, Popovic said that Serbia would continue to try and foil Pristina’s efforts to affirm its sovereignty in the organisation, pointing out that the Council of Europe pursues a neutral policy on Kosovo.
At the sitting, the Committee accepted several initiatives for visits in October and November 2013, among them the invitation to take part in the international team observing the presidential election in Azerbaijan from 6 to 10 October 2013, as well as the invitation to the 2nd International Parliamentary Forum dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian Constitution and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, in Moscow, on 14 November 2013.
The Committee went on to note the standing delegations’ regular activities in the upcoming period.
The Foreign Affairs Committee also accepted the proposal to organise a public hearing on Euro-Asian integration, at the National Assembly, on 25 November 2013.
The sitting was chaired by Milos Aligrudic, Committee Chairman.
Committees related to this activity
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9.00 - the National Assembly Speaker and Acting President of the Republic of Serbia meets with the delegation of the PACE Observation Mission (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Green Salon)
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9.45 - the PACE delegation meets with the “Aleksandar Vucic – Serbia Must Not Stop” Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.30 - the PACE delegation meets with the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.15 - the PACE delegation meets with representatives of national minority parties (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.00 - the PACE delegation meets with the “MPs stand with the students” Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.30 - the PACE delegation meets with the Party of Freedom and Justice Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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14.00 - the PACE delegation meets with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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14.45 - the PACE delegation meets with the Chair and members of the Commission for the Revision of the Voters’ Register (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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15.15 - the PACE delegation meets with the representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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16.00 - the PACE delegation meets with the Chairperson and members of the Republic Electoral Commission (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)