Under the chairmanship of the Permanent Delegation of Armenia to UNESCO, a virtual meeting of the members of Electoral Group II was held today, at which opinions were exchanged with the Director General of UNESCO Ms. Audrey Azoulay. The meeting was attended by ambassador Tamara Rastovac Siamashvili, Permanent Delegate of Serbia to UNESCO. Among other things, it was emphasized the importance of the update edition of the UNESCO Model Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Educators and Learners, which was recently launched at an event in Belgrade.

UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Special Coordinator for the Refuge and Migrant Response in Europe Afshan Khan had talks today in separate meetings with President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovic.

In a meeting with the UNICEF Director, Serbian President Vucic underlined that our country remained committed to cooperation with this UN fund for helping children, while stressing that UNICEF could expect that Serbia would work on achieving the agreed common goals and specific projects.

President Vucic thanked for the engagement of UNICEF within the COVAX mechanism, and to the representative office of that UN fund in Serbia for help and support in the fight against the pandemic.

President Vucic and Director Khan agreed to exchange experiences in different areas, especially in various forms of assistance for the most vulnerable social groups.

In a meeting with Director Khan, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said that the care for mental health of the youth was a priority, and that when it comes to their education, all efforts were made to ensure continuous holding of online classes during the epidemic.

Brnabic concluded that Serbia was committed to cooperation with UNICEF and that her support and that of her team stood at UNICEF’s disposal.
 

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić talked today via a video link with the representatives of the delegation of the International Monetary Fund led by the Head of the Mission, Jan Kees Martijn. The interlocutors concluded that Serbia's main goal remains to preserve the hard-earned reputation of a fiscally secure country, as well as to continue with a responsible fiscal policy so that public debt does not exceed 60 per cent of GDP, whereby Serbia continues to work on further economic growth.

During the conversation, President Vučić and Jan Kees Martijn especially referred to the incentive measures and adopted three packages of measures to help the economy and citizens, which preserved macroeconomic stability and even achieved a higher employment rate. Martijn commended the responsible economic policy of Serbia and the successful crisis management during the pandemic.