Serbia's Newly-Elected President to Visit Moscow
Tomislav Nikolic is set to travel to Moscow, where he will attend the congress of Russia's ruling party, United Russia, on May 26.
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Tomislav Nikolic, the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party, SNS, who was on Sunday elected Serbia's new president, has accepted a long-standing invitation to attend the congress of Russia's ruling party, United Russia, on May 26.
Mr Nikolic will attend the event in his capacity as SNS leader. He will address the congress, and possibly hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the SNS told Tanjug news agency.
This will be Nikolic's first trip abroad since he was elected president. His term in office will begin when he is sworn in, in a ceremony in Serbia's parliament, in early June.
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