Monday, 14 September 2009

National Assembly Delegation in Official Visit to Australian Parliament

The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, heading a National Assembly delegation in an official visit to the Australian Parliament, established intense contacts in Sydney.



The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, heading a National Assembly delegation in an official visit to the Australian Parliament, established intense contacts in Sydney. Australian Parliament member, Roger Price organised a working lunch in honour of the Serbian Assembly’s delegation where the relations between Serbia and Australia, as well as future parliamentary cooperation between the two countries was discussed. It was agreed that the cooperation between the two parliaments be discussed in more detail in the upcoming meetings between the Serbian Assembly’s delegation, headed the National Assembly Speaker, and the Speakers of Australia’s House of Representatives and Senate in Canberra.

The delegation visited the Macquarie University, where it talked to Professor Max Coltheart at the University Research Centre. The National Assembly Speaker also gave an interview to the SBS network.

In the afternoon of the second day of the visit, the Assembly Speaker met with representatives of the Serbian diaspora in Australia. The representatives of the diaspora briefed the Serbian delegation on the basic elements of their position, work and activities in Australia. On the occasion, they organised a cultural-artistic programme and dinner for the Serbian Assembly’s delegation.

The Serbian delegation continues its visit tomorrow with meetings at the Australian Parliament in Canberra.


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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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