The Russian Embassy in Belgrade organized a formal reception on June 10th to mark Russia Day, hosted by H.E. Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, Ambassador Of Russia To Serbia
Russia Day is a national holiday that has been celebrated since 1992 on June 12 in honor of the adoption of the Declaration on State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
The ceremony, which began with the singing of the national anthems of the two countries, was attended by the Prime Minister of Serbia Đuro Macut, Speaker of the Parliament Ana Brnabić, ministers Ivica Dačić, Marko Đurić, Adrijana Mesarović, Bela Balint, Zoran Gajić, Jagoda Lazarević, Dubravka Đedović Handanović, Bratislav Gašić and Nenad Popović.
Among the numerous guests were Patriarch Porfirije, President of the National Council for Coordination of Cooperation with Russia and China Tomislav Nikolić, representatives of the diplomatic choir, and prominent artists from Russia and Serbia performed in the musical part.
