Serbian parliament passes series of agreements

BELGRADE - Continuing the first sitting of the first regular session of the parliament, Serbian MPs on Thursday passed agreements tabled under agenda items 33 to 55.

There were 136 MPs in attendance and Speaker Ana Brnabic scheduled the parliament to continue its work on Tuesday morning.

The agreements include a Serbia-US intergovernmental agreement on strategic cooperation in the energy sector, an agreement on comprehensive economic partnership with the UAE and a FTA with Egypt.

The MPs also passed agreements on loan arrangements for numerous infrastructure projects and also voted in favour of an agreement with Tuvalu on abolishing visas for holders of diplomatic passports and agreements with Venezuela and Guatemala on scrapping visas for holders of standard passports.