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20 April 2017 The standing delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia at the sessions of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly committees in Saint Petersburg
Thursday, 20 April 2017
National Assembly Standing Delegation at CSTO PA Committee Sessions
The standing delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia took part in the sessions of the committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO PA), on 20 April 2017, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
The session of the CSTO PA Permanent Committee on Political Issues and International Cooperation focused on the ratification of international treaties signed within the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, the results of the international observation of the parliamentary elections in Armenia on 2 April 2017 and on ensuring the economic security of the CSTO member states. Jovan Palalic, member of the CSTO PA Permanent Committee on Political Issues and International Cooperation, addressed the session to thank the CSTO member states for their support of Serbia’s territorial integrity as regards Kosovo-Metohija. “We believe it especially important today to observe the basic tenets of international law especially in the Balkans where certain presidents, the Albanian in particular, call for a change in the borers and threaten with the creation of so-called Greater Albania which is a threat for the whole region”, said Palalic, drawing attention to the dangerous plan of creating the so-called Kosovo Army which would comprise separatists and terrorists. “Serbia is the only state in the region that has preserved its stability. A great many Balkan states suffer from internal conflicts which lead to divided societies and weak governments. The state’s chief goal is to maintain stability so as to ensure economic growth and new investment”, he said, stressing that Serbia stays committed to its military neutrality and does not wish to belong to any military alliance, but does hope for a stronger and more varied cooperation with CSTO in all areas of common interest.
The members of the CSTO PA Permanent Committee on Defence and Security elected a Chairman and Deputy Chairman. The participants reviewed a series of draft recommendations, amendments and modifications to the CSTO PA 2016-2020 activity programme of outreach and harmonization of CSTO member states’ national legislation, and the participation in the international roundtable “Role of parliaments in ensuring legislative cooperation and regional security in Central Asia” and 25 May 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The members of the CSTO PA Permanent Committee on Socio-Economic and Legal Affairs elected a new Deputy Chairman. The Committee members reviewed a number of draft laws and recommendations, and the funding of activities of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
The parliamentarians visited the museum “Way of Life” dedicated to the siege of Leningrad, 8 September 1941 – 18 January 1944, and laid flowers on the memorial “Broken Ring”.
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9.00 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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9.20 - press conference of the NEW DSS – POKS (NADA) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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9.30 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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9.30 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.00 - press conference of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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10.30 - sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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12.00 - public hearing of the Culture and Information Committee on the topic: Public interview with the proposed candidates for Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media Council members (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.00 - sitting of the Culture and Information Committee (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.30 - the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meets with the Italian delegation to the Central European Initiative Parliamentary Dimension (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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16.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Head of the EU Delegation to receive the EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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16.20 - press statements on the delivered EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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17.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own and Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) – Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak (SDA Sandzak) – Party for Democratic Action (PDD) parliamentary groups (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)