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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.
Activities
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.00 - judges elected to judicial office for the first time take the oath of office before the National Assembly Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)
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12.00 - opening of the exhibition marking 150 years since the birth of Mileva Maric Einstein (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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17.05 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker at the AEPA Association if Lawyers Conference: NO MORE SILENCE – ME AGAIN (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)