National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Thursday, 18 March 2004
Talks on current situation with representatives of religious communities
The Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and acting President of Serbia, Predrag Markovic, today received the Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Raska and Prizren, Artemije, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade, Stanislav Hocevar, and Hieromonk Irinej Dobrijevic.
The Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and acting President of Serbia, Predrag Markovic, today received the Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Raska and Prizren, Artemije, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade, Stanislav Hocevar, and Hieromonk Irinej Dobrijevic.
The Mufti of Belgrade, Hamdija Jusufspahic, had also been invited to the meeting, but was unfortunately unable to attend because of a prior engagement.
In the frank and open talks, Mr Markovic expressed concern over violence raging across the country and asked religious leaders for suggestions on common measures to be undertaken to calm the situation.
Representatives of religious communities agreed that the talks, initiated by Assembly Chairman Markovic, were the first step towards resolving the situation, and that everything necessary had to be done to relieve tensions and apprehend the perpetrators of acts of vandalism.
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10.30 - the members of the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meet with the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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11.00 - the Head and members of the PFG with the Benelux meet with a delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.50 - the National Assembly Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the European Integration Committee and the Committee members meet with the delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.00 - press conference of the Party of Freedom and Justice Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - the National Assembly Speaker at the opening ceremony of the Conference of Parliament Speakers of EU Candidate Countries (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)
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12.15 - the Serbian youth, members of the folklore group “Morava”, Cleveland, Ohio, visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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15.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)
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16.45 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Moldovan Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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17.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Georgian Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)