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22 April 2015 National Assembly Deputy Speaker Prof. Dr Vladimir Marinkovic and the Latvian Foreign Minister
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Prof. Dr Vladimir Marinkovic Meets with Latvian Foreign Minister
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Prof. Dr Vladimir Marinkovic met today, at the National Assembly House, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia Edgars Rinkevičs, currently in official visit to the Republic of Serbia.
Serbia is ready to conduct fundamental political and economic reforms in order to reach European standards, said Marinkovic drawing attention to the recently passed EP Resolution supporting Serbia’s further European integration process.
As regards the relations between Belgrade and Pristina, Deputy Speaker Marinkovic said that Serbia has a constructive approach to the dialogue aimed at improving the quality of living of all the people in Kosovo-Metohija and maintaining stability in the region, which is one of Serbia’s foreign policy goals.
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevičs urged to intensify parliamentary cooperation between Serbia and Latvia and shared his support for the continued dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. He said Latvia was ready to convey its experiences of parliamentary oversight over the European integration process and underlined the importance of Serbia’s chairmanship of the OSCE in this very complex geopolitical moment.
The officials agreed that the economic cooperation between the two countries should be improved, while Deputy Speaker Marinkovic also suggested signing an investment protection agreement and invited Latvian entrepreneurs to invest into Serbia.
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10.00 - the students of the Belgrade Business and Arts Academy of Applied Studies visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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10.00 - the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska speak at the opening of the Republic of Serbia – Republic of Srpska Parliamentary Forum (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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after the opening of the Parliamentary Forum – press conference of the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Centrall Hall)
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11.00 - the students of the Belgrade Faculty of Law visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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15.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the representatives of the Media Freedom Rapid Response mechanism (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, office 34, hall on the 1st floor)