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24 December 2013 The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Speaker of the Algerian People's National Assembly
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Serbian National Assembly Speaker Meets with Algerian People's National Assembly Speaker
In the course of his official visit to Algeria, the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Dr Nebojsa Stefanovic met with the Speaker of the Algerian People's National Assembly Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa.
Speaker Stefanovic stressed that Serbia considers Algeria one of its most important partners in the wider regional framework. He opined that the two countries’ bilateral relations are traditionally good, but that there is room for improvement particularly in the scopes of economic cooperation which Serbia believes to be the basis of future development, as well as cooperation in the spheres culture, water management, defence industry, agriculture and tourism. Stefanovic emphasised the importance of interparliamentary cooperation, such as exchange between parliamentary committees, for regional integration, improvement of bilateral and multilateral cooperation and overall stability and development, as well as the increased importance of parliamentarism for popular representation which proves to be a global trend.
The Speaker of the Algerian People's National Assembly Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa spoke of the friendly relations between Serbia and Algeria dating back to the times of Yugoslavia. He said he hoped for a future deepening of economic cooperation between the two countries mainly because of the excellent experts coming from Serbia. Speaker Khelifa said that Serbia and Algeria should continue to work toward developing better overall relations and cooperation between the two countries.
The Serbian National Assembly Speaker thanked the Speaker Algerian People's National Assembly for Algeria’s principled decision not to recognise the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo-Metohija.
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10.00 - representatives of opposition parliamentary groups meet with the European Commissioner for Enlargement (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.45 - representatives of ruling coalition parliamentary groups meet with the European Commissioner for Enlargement (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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14.00 - press conference of National Assembly Speaker Ana Brnabic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)