Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Congolese Parliament Speaker Visits National Assembly

The Parliament Speaker of the Democratic Republic of Congo Boshab Mabuj-Ma–Bilenge is in official visit to the Republic of Serbia on 5 and 6 April 2011. On the first day of his visit Speaker Mabuj-Ma–Bilenge visited the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and expressed his regret at the unacceptable words uttered there about the people of Africa.



The Parliament Speaker of the Democratic Republic of Congo Boshab Mabuj-Ma–Bilenge is in official visit to the Republic of Serbia on 5 and 6 April 2011. On the first day of his visit Speaker Mabuj-Ma–Bilenge visited the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and expressed his regret at the unacceptable words uttered there about the people of Africa.

The delegation of the Democratic Republic of Congo was received by the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Prof. Dr Dragoljub Micunovic.

At the beginning of the meeting, Prof. Dr Micunovic apologized on the behalf of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia to the Congolese delegation for the recent statement made by one of the deputies. Micunovic added that the deputy personally apologized for his words. Micunovic informed the delegation that the statement had been widely condemned by the National Assembly, as well as other state institutions and the public. Prof. Micunovic stressed that such words have never been spoken in the Serbian Parliament’s long history and concluded that the incident was accidental and expressed hope that it would never happen again. It is important that our future relations be founded on mutual tolerance and assistance, concluded Prof. Micunovic.

Prof. Micunovic reminisced about the tragic fate of the first Congolese President Patrice Lumumba, adding that a street and student dormitory in Belgrade bear his name.

Speaker Mabuj-Ma-Bilenge was grateful for and encouraged by the apology. He stressed that Congo was ready to continue and expand both parliamentary cooperation and cooperation on the diplomatic and economic plane.


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tuesday, 23 june
  • 9.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 9.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 10.00 - continuation of the Seventh Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, 14th Legislature (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 10.15 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 11.00 - award ceremony for the student winners of republic competitions in 2025/2026 and presentation of thank you notes for their teachers – mentors (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)

  • 11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 12.00 - sitting of the Health and Family Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 12.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 12.30 - press conference of the MPs of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 13.00 - presentation of the publication “Under the banner of humanitarian diplomacy: 25 years of diplomatic relations between the Order of Malta and Serbia” (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)

  • 14.00 - MP Marijan Risticevic meets with a Chinese delegation (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 14.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 15.00 - press conference of the MPs of the People’s Movement of Serbia – New Face of Serbia Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 15.15 - press conference of MP Milenko Jovanov (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

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