The Serbian government decided on Thursday to withdraw the bill abolishing visas for Libyan citizens with diplomatic, official and special passports.

The bill was withdrawn from the parliamentary procedure at the request by the Interior Ministry, with regard to the deterioration of the political and security situation which could even turn into a civil war, Tanjug learnt at the government.

The bill represents the 20th point on the agenda for the first sitting of the regular parliament session which opened on Wednesday.

According to the book of parliament regulations, the proposer of the bill has the right to withdraw the bill from the parliament procedure by the end of the parliament debate on the document.

The government should then notify the parliament about the decision, the parliament speaker in turn informs MPs about it, after which the matter is excluded from the parliament debate.

Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Dragoljub Micunovic requested on Wednesday, the first day of the regular parliament session, that Serbia should assume a stand toward countries breaching human rights.

On this occasion, he said that the bill on abolishing visas for Libyan citizens should be re-examined because it is important for Serbia to take on an adequate stand, not turn a blind eye to crimes and avoid developing friendly relations with countries which murder their own citizens, shoot at protesters and hang or lapidate women.

In keeping with UN decisions, the Serbian government's first tangible moves will include freezing the country's military-economic cooperation with Libya and backing the resolution condemning violation of human rights in Libya.