National Day of the Republic of Serbia - February 15, marks two important dates from the country's modern history and symbolizes the rebirth of the Serbian state:
In 1804, the First Serbian Uprising was launched in Orašac, central Serbia, against the Ottoman Turks that had invaded and occupied the country;
In 1835, the Assembly in Kragujevac, central Serbia, adopted and proclaimed the Sretenje Constitution

Serbian Embassy in celebrated National Day of the Republic of Serbia at a downtown Cairo hotel on Sunday evening, February 26th,  in the presence of distinguished government officials and foreign diplomats, representatives from the fields of intellectual, politics, business, artistic andmedia societies as well as the Serbian community in Cairo.   

After intonation of the Serbian and Egyptian national anthems, the Serbian Ambassador highlighted the history of two countries' relationship: „Egypt is monument of landmark in Serbian diplomatic history. Our diplomatic relations began in 1908, in the era of the Khedive, when Serbia opened a trade mission here in Cairo“.
„We witnessed the Egyptian revoluton last year and uneasy battle for a democratic, peaceful and pregoressive tranformation in the country. From our experience we know how hard that is. Newertheless, we are support and respect the people’s choice and their desire for a better future. We also want to deepen our relations, fight against misperceptions, and maintain the high-level dialoge and contacts between our two peoples.“, H.E. Ambassador Dragan Bisenić stressed.

During the even it was exhibited the ‘Video Wall’ displayed of the cultural and natural heritage of the Republic of Serbia and especially, masterly performance of the quartet of Professors and Students of the Faculty of Music Education of Helwan University in Cairo. It was result of cooperation of both institutions situated nearby each other, at Zamalek.