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29 May 2018 National Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic and the Speaker of the Parliament of Guinea-Bissau Cipriano Cassama

29 May 2018 National Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic and the Speaker of the Parliament of Guinea-Bissau Cipriano Cassama

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Gojkovic and Speaker of Parliament of Guinea-Bissau

The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Maja Gojkovic met today with the Speaker of the Parliament of Guinea-Bissau Cipriano Cassama, currently in official visit to Serbia.

Gojkovic and Cassama underlined the two countries’ commitment to strengthen relations firmly grounded in the traditional friendly relations from the period of de-colonization and the Non-Aligned Movement.

Gojkovic thanked the Speaker of the Parliament of Guinea-Bissau Cipriano Cassama for his country’s clear support of Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, saying that Guinea-Bissau has shown that it respects international law, United Nations decisions and the UNSC Resolution 1244 and is one of the countries that recognize the dangerous precedent set by the unilateral declaration of independence by a part of a sovereign state. Gojkovic thanked the Speaker of the Parliament of Guinea-Bissau for coming to Serbia and reaffirming Guinea-Bissau’s clear stance on the matter.

The Speaker of the Parliament of Guinea-Bissau said that his country has a firm stance on Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, that it fully supports Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and the UN Resolution and will continue to do so.

Gojkovic spoke of Serbia’s strategic commitment to renew and strengthen cooperation with African countries, mentioning that today’s meeting, which will undoubtedly encourage the development of these relations, is taking place at the National Assembly House, the historic edifice that hosted the founding summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Cassama said that renewing cooperation and intensifying the exchange between parliaments, government and citizens is in the new generations’ best interest, adding that he had come to Serbia to offer support to a brotherly country, respected in in the world, and its hard-working and proud people.

Gojkovic and Cassama agreed to sign an agreement of cooperation in the interest of advancing relations, as well as define priority areas of cooperation, and that the Serbian Assembly would offer political and administrative support to the Parliament of Guinea-Bissau. Gojkovic and Cassama also agreed to cooperate closely in international parliamentary organizations and offer mutual support on issues of importance.

Gojkovic and Cassama, who is also the Chairman of the African Parliamentary Union Executive Committee, spoke about possible modalities of cooperation within the African Parliamentary Union, and with a view to advancing dialogue and cooperation between the two parliaments, Cassama invited the Serbian Assembly Speaker to visit Guinea-Bissau.

The two parliament speakers also discussed developing cooperation in other fields, especially agriculture, and Cassama said that advancing agricultural cooperation would be especially good for Guinea-Bissau as an agricultural country.

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monday, 15 december

  • 11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)

  • 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)

  • 12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 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)

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