Friday, 1 April 2011

Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Receives Greek Deputy Foreign Minister

Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Prof. Dr Dragoljub Micunovic received Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis at the National Assembly House today.


Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Prof. Dr Dragoljub Micunovic received Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis at the National Assembly House today.

Both were pleased at the progress of the already excellent bilateral relations between the two traditionally friendly countries and nations.

The representative of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Greece is the second largest investor in Serbia and a strong supporter of its progress to the European Union. He was particularly interested in the political situation in Serbia.

Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Dragoljub Micunovic deemed the political situation in Serbia stable and even though the opposition parties are clamouring for an early election, there is a stable parliamentary majority. The basic course of the country’s policy is aimed at an expedient achievement of membership candidacy and opening negotiations with the European Union, stressed Micunovic adding that all parties, except for one, an opposition party, pursue the European course.

Micunovic said that Serbia is facing an economic crisis, drop in living standard and rise in unemployment, as well as deepening of social differences.

In the discussion the officials exchanged opinions on the impact of the global economic crisis on the two countries’ economies. Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis said that the Greek Government is implementing a radical reform programme accepted by the Greek people and endorsed by the European Union.

At the end of the meeting, they emphasised the need to establish closer cooperation between the Serbian and Greek parliaments on the level of committee and friendship groups. The Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman deemed the Greek parliamentarians’ increased engagement on expediting Serbia’s European Union accession at the European Parliament useful.

They also highlighted the importance of economic cooperation, particularly in the spheres of energy production, tourism, telecommunications and infrastructure.



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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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