Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center

The Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center was established on 25 April 2012, following the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Serbia, on the initiative by Sergey Shoygu.^{[citation needed]} The signatories of the Agreement are: Ivica Dačić, at the time Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and the Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia, Vladimir Puchkov, at the time Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations of Russia.^{[citation needed]}

The legal basis for the establishment of the Center is the Agreement between the Governments of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Serbia on Cooperation in the Field of Emergency Humanitarian Response, Disaster Prevention, and the Mitigation of the Consequences of Natural Disasters and Technological Accidents, signed on October 20, 2009.

The Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center is an intergovernmental, non-profit humanitarian organization with legal entity status. The Center is registered in the Republic of Serbia in accordance with its national legislation.

The Center is open to accession by any state or organization that shares its goals and objectives.

The Center is managed by a Director and a Co-Director, who are appointed by the Russian and Serbian sides respectively, on a rotating basis for a term of two years.

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