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21 March 2018 National Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic and Swedish Parliament Speaker Urban Ahlin
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Gojkovic Meets with Swedish Parliament Speaker and Foreign Minister
The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Maja Gojkovic continued her official visit to the Kingdom of Sweden today with a meeting with Swedish Parliament Speaker Urban Ahlin and Foreign Minister Margot Wallström.
Gojkovic thanked Sweden for its support of Serbia’s European integration process stressing that the country is ready to implement further reforms across the board and to strengthen the institutions, while Ahlin said that Sweden had always had an open-door attitude when it comes to EU enlargement.
In the meeting with the Foreign Minister Gojkovic said that the two countries’ diplomatic cooperation has been going strong for a century now and the anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties and opening of the first Serbian representative office in Stockholm was duly celebrated, stressing that today Serbia and Sweden have a well-developed and intensive political dialogue aimed at fortifying and developing relations even further.
Gojkovic said that Serbia is committed to European integration and dialogue with Pristina, stressing that, four years later, Pristina is yet to establish the agreed upon Community of Serb Municipalities, which is the central part of the Brussels Agreement. Gojkovic stressed that Serbia is all for dialogue and compromise on the Kosovo problem, but that does not mean that one side gets all and the other nothing.
The Swedish Foreign Minister said that the country is a friend to Serbia and in favour of EU enlargement to the Western Balkans, adding that she hoped the coming summit in Sofia would be good and productive. Wallström encouraged Serbia to continue with the reforms and European integration processes which she said are important both for the candidate countries such as Serbia and the EU itself.
On the first day of her visit to Sweden Gojkovic had an audience with the King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf at the Royal Palace in Stockholm and talked with the President of Stockholm City Council Eva-Louise Erlandsson Slorach and the Chair of the Swedish Parliament’s Committee for EU Affairs Jonas Eriksson and the members of the parliamentary body. The National Assembly delegation also included the Head of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Sweden Dr Milorad Mijatovic.
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9.00 - consultations of representatives of the parliamentary groups about the election of deputy chairpersons of the National Assembly working bodies (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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10.00 - visit of the students of Stevan Dukic Elementary School to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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11.00 - visit of the students of Drinka Pavlovic Elementary School Student Parliament to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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11.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)оwn Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House 13, Nikola Pasic Square. Central Hall)
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13.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Speaker’s Cabinet)