On the occasion of the National Day and the Army Day of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Mr. Dragan Bisenić, the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia, and Lt. Col. Mr. Predrag Prlić, the Defense Attaché, hosted a reception at the Marriot Hotel in Cairo on February 16, 2014 attended by more than 480 guests, such as high officials of the Governmental institutions as well as Army and Police generals,  representatives of the MoFA of Egypt, Envoy of Grand Mufti of Egypt, representatives of the Greek and Coptic churches, members of the Diplomatic and Military Diplomatic Corps, representatives from the fields of intellectual, politics, business, artistic and media societies as well as the Serbian community in Cairo.  

After intonation of the Serbian and Egyptian national anthems, the Ambassador Dragan Bisenić highlighted that the National Day of the Republic of Serbia - February 15, marks two important dates from the country's modern history and symbolizes the rebirth of the Serbian state: in 1804, the First Serbian Uprising was launched in Orašac, central Serbia, against the Ottoman Turks that had invaded and occupied the country; in 1835, the Assembly in Kragujevac, central Serbia, adopted and proclaimed the Sretenje Constitution. He also underlined excellent friendly relations between the two countries during the whole history and that Serbia suport the Egyptian government's road map.

Several events were organized in the ceremony: Painting Exhibition ‘Serbia in the open air’ by Professor Dr. Ibrahim Ghazala, ‘Video Wall’ displayed of the cultural and natural heritage of the Republic of Serbia as well as concert of Quartet of Professor Dr. Wael Sedky and Students of the Faculty of Music Education of the Helwan University in the scope of cooperation between the Embassy of Serbia and the University.