Printer Friendly Version President of General Assembly of United Nations HE Vuk Jeremic finished his three days stay in Egypt @ 9 April 2013 07:11 PM

    

President of General Assembly of United Nations HE Vuk Jeremic ended on Sunday afternoon his three days visit to Cairo after meeting highest Egyptian official. Jeremic was received by Egyptian president HE Mohamed Morsy, prime minister Hisham Quandill and Minister of Foreign Affairs Muhamed Kamel Amr. In all meetings were considered regional issues relevant for work of General Assembly UN, crisis in Syria and development in Palestine after voting in GA UN when Palestine status has been upgraded with overwhelming majority and role of Egypt in regional and on global level. Mr. Jeremic was very warm welcomed during all meetings.

President Morsi recievied Vuk Jeremic in Ittihadiya presidential palace, and talk attended FM Kamel Amr and Serbian Ambassador in Cairo Dragan Bisenic. During talk were debated recent developments in Syria and Palestine and internal situation in Egypt. Mr. Jeremic stressed its efforts to strengthen role of GA UN and invited president Morsi to give active contribution to this process what was welcomed from his side. Both interlocutors tackled issue of Balkans region. President Morsy reacted positively on recent development of dialog between Belgrade and Prishtina

Prime minister Hisham Quandill introduced to his guests economic situation and challenges which face Egypt as well as development in the region, stressing historic meaning of GA UN to recognize Palestine as an observer state in UN and congratulated to Mr Jeremic for his chairmanship during that historic session. Egyptian Prime minister expressed wishes for further support of Serbia to peace efforts in Middle East and its very important voting as single country in South Eastern Europe for Palestine. In the talks were tackled further plans for development of bilateral relations between Egypt and Serbia.

During meeting of Foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and Vuk Jeremic was stressed the importance Egypt attaches to activating the role of the UN General Assembly, being the supreme legislative body of the international organization, and restoring its role in keeping international peace and security, set in the Charter, despite Security Council attempts to weaken its mandate in this regard. He also expressed appreciation to the management of Mr. Jeremic to the deliberations of the General Assembly on Palestine’s obtaining the non-member state status in the Organization.

The meeting also elaborated the efforts of reforming and expanding the membership of the Security Council. Minister Amr pointed to Egypt's commitment to the common African position in this regard and the need to raise the historical injustice that befell the continent as the only geographic bloc not represented in the permanent membership of the Council.