Speaker of the Serbian Parliament Maja Gojković, received Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Belgrade Amr Aljowaily. The meeting discussed revitalizing parliamentary visits at the highest level, marking 110 years of excellent diplomatic relations between Egypt and Serbia, including the role of the two countries in establishing the Non-Aligned Movement. The two officials expressed their desire to to a enhancing economic relations, especially in the field of tourism, including through high-level visits and additional agreements. Bilateral relations.
For his part, Ambassador Amr Aljowaily expressed eagerness to resume the work of the Serbian Parliamentary Friendship Group with Egypt, which held its last meeting in November 2013. He noted that the meeting with the Speaker also discussed multilateral cooperation within the framework of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.
The Ambassador of Egypt to Serbia highlighted Egypt’s efforts to empower Egyptian women in the political, economic and social fields, according to the report of the National Council of Women for the period from 2014 to 2017. He praised the role of the Speaker of the Serbian Parliament as one of the women political leaders, having been mayor of the second largest city in the country, “Novi Sad, as well as former Deputy Prime Minister.”I was also happy to brief on the section on “Protecting the Rights of the Child” in the report submitted by Egypt to the Human Rights Council, ion light of the Speaker’s continuing chairmanship of the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the Serbian Parliament”, Aljowaily said