On the occasion of the National Day and the Army Day of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Mr. Jugoslav Lj.Vukadinović, the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia, and Lt. Col. Vladimir Bogdanovic, the Defense Attaché, hosted a reception at the Marriot Hotel in Cairo on February 25th 2020, attended by more than 400 guests, Minister of Tourism and antiquities dr Khalid El Enani, Deputy Minister Gh. Sholaby, Governor of Red Sea, ass. ministers from MFA and 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 Jugoslav Vukadinović 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.