Today we had our first formal meeting at the Foreign Ministry. The building way BEAUTIFUL. It looked very royal. At our first meeting, we were joined by a group of students from the Diplomatic school in Vienna. At this meeting we listened to an Ambassador Speak about the foreign policy priorities of Serbia. It was very interesting and so neat to see professor Matic interact with his former colleagues. The Ambassador spoke about different topics like Serbia wanting recognition in the EU and Serbia's position on Kosovo declaring it's independence. The meeting was very informative and I really enjoyed it.
Our second meeting was in the same room but with a different Amb., he was the Head of Department of Slavic countries. His English was not very good and hard to understand, but the parts I got were very informative. He basically summed up Serbia's relationship with the countries that border it or are around it.
After the meetings, we took a lunch break at the hotel. It was by far the best lunch yet. We had veal soup, more Serbian salad, mashed potatoes, bread, pork, more veal, and bread...YUM!
After lunch, we had a meeting with Sophie, who was associated with the Helsinki Group, this group is dedicated to Serbia rights. She gave a lengthy lecture about different issues facing Serbia and the Serbia people.
Bye for now!!! going to work on my journal :)
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