Russia-Serbia relations
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Serbian-Russian relations are foreign relations between Serbia and Russia. Serbia and Russia maintain diplomatic relations since 1838.
Serbia has an embassy in Moscow and Russia has an embassy in Belgrade and liaison office in Priština. Current Russian Ambassador to Serbia is Alexander V. Konuzin and the current Serbian Ambassador to Russia is Stanimir Vukićević. Serbian Ambassador in Ukraine is accredited to Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on non-residential basis.
Yugoslavia recognized Russia in December 1991 by the Decision of the Presidency on the recognition of the former republics of the USSR. Diplomatic relations between Yugoslavia and the USSR were established on June 24, 1940, and Serbia and the Russian Federation recognize the continuity of all inter-State documents signed between the two countries. There are about 70 bilateral treaties, agreements and protocols signed in the past. Serbia and the Russian Federation have signed and ratified 43 bilateral agreements and treaties in diverse areas of mutual cooperation so far.[1]
According to 2002 census there were 2,588 Russians living in Serbia.[2] According to 2002 census there were 4,156 Serbs living in Russia.[3]
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[edit] Political relations
Serbia and Russia have been very active in bilateral political meetings.
Highest level visits of Serbian officials to Russia include President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Vojislav Koštunica meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in October 2000, visit by the Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić in February 2001, visit by the Federal Prime Minister Zoran Žižić in April 2001, visit by the Prime Minister of Vojislav Koštunica to Sochi in June 2004, President of Serbia and Montenegro Svetozar Marović attended the 60th anniversary of Victory Day in 2005, President Boris Tadić and the Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica attended the National Exhibition of Serbia in Moscow in November 2005.
Highest level visits of Russian officials to Serbia include visit of the President Vladimir Putin in June 2001 and visit of the President-elect Dmitry Medvedev in early 2008.
Visits by other high officials such as Ministers of Foreign Affairs or Chairmen of Parliaments are held on average once a month.[4]
Russia backs Serbia's position regarding Kosovo. President Vladimir Putin said that any support for Kosovo's unilateral declaration is immoral and illegal.[5]
[edit] Recent bilateral meetings
| Dates | Visit |
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| October 2000 | Meeting between the Federal President, Vojislav Koštunica and the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow |
| January 2001 | Visit by the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Goran Svilanović, to Moscow |
| February 2001 | Visit by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Igor Sergeyev, to Belgrade |
| February 2001 | Visit by the Federal Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister for Foreign Economic Relations, Miroljub Labus, to Moscow |
| March 2001 | Visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russian, Igor Ivanov, to Belgrade |
| March 2001 | Visit by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Vladimir Rushailo, to Belgrade |
| April 2001 | Visit by the Federal Prime Minister, Zoran Žižić, to Moscow |
| June 2001 | Visit by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, to Belgrade and meeting with Federal President Vojislav Koštunica |
| November 2001 | Visit by the Federal Minister of Defense, Slobodan Krapović, to Moscow |
| December 2001 | Visit by the Federal Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister for Foreign Economic Relations, Miroljub Labus, to Moscow |
| February 2002 | Visit by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Head of the Coordinating Center for Kosovo and Metohija, Nebojša Čović, to Moscow |
| February 2002 | Visit by a delegation of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, to Belgrade |
| March 2002 | Visit by a delegation of the State Duma, to Belgrade |
| May 2002 | Visit by the Russia Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Razov, to Belgrade |
| June 2002 | Visit by the Russian Minister for Trade and Economic Development German Gref, to Belgrade |
| June 2002 | Visit by the Mayoress of Belgrade, Radmila Hrustanović, to Moscow |
| August 2002 | Visit by the President of the Chamber of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation, Yevgeny Primakov |
| September 2002 | Visit by the RF Minister of Culture, Michael Shvidkoy, on the occasion of the Opening Ceremony of the Days of Russian Culture in Serbia and Montenegro |
| September 2002 | Meeting between Federal President Vojislav Koštunica and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov at the Earth Summit 2002 held in Johannesburg |
| February 2003 | Visit by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Head of the Coordinating Center for Kosovo and Metohija, Nebojša Čović, to Moscow |
| April 2003 | Visit by Foreign Minister Svilanović, to Moscow |
| May 2003 | Visit by the Speaker of the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro, Dragoljub Mićunović, to Moscow |
| September 2003 | Visit by Rasim Ljajić, Minister for Human and Minority Rights of Serbia, to Moscow |
| September 2003 | Visit by Vojislav Milovanović, Serbian Minister of Religion, to Moscow |
| September 2003 | Visit by Anđelka Mihajlov, Minister for the Protection of Natural Resources and the Environment of Serbia, to Moscow |
| November 2003 | Visit by Božidar Đelić, Minister of Finance and Economy, to Moscow |
| March 2004 | Visit by the Minister for Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, Sergey Shoigu, to Belgrade |
| May 2004 | Visit by the Minister of Trade and Tourism Bojan Dimitrijević to Moscow, signing of the Memorandum on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the city of Moscow |
| June 2004 | Meeting between Prime Minister of Serbia Vojislav Koštunica and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Sochi |
| June 2004 | Visit by Foreign Minister Vuk Drašković to the Russian Federation. |
| June 2004 | Visit by Defence Minister Prvoslav Davinić to the Russian Federation. |
| June 2004 | Visit by the President of State Duma of the Russian Federation, Boris Gryzlov, to Serbia and Montenegro. |
| March 2005 | Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Cooperation in the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kosachov visited Serbia and Montenegro. |
| April 2005 | Russian President’s Special Envoy for Cooperation on International Terrorism and Organised Crime Anatoly Safonov visited Serbia and Montenegro. |
| April 2005 | Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Chizhov visited Belgrade to attend the Contact Group meeting. |
| April 2005 | Speaker of the Parliament Zoran Šami visited the Russian Federation and participated at the International Parliamentary Conference in Saint Petersburg. |
| May 2005 | Serbia and Montenegro President Svetozar Marović visited the Russian Federation to attend the ceremonies to mark the 60th anniversary of Victory Day on 9 May in Moscow. |
| May 2005 | Visit by the Head of the Coordinating Center for Kosovo and Metohija, Nebojša Čović, to Moscow |
| May 2005 | President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Slobodan Milosavljević visited the Russian Federation. |
| November 2005 | Speaker of the Parliament Zoran Šami visited the Russian Federation. |
| November 2005 | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Belgrade. |
| November 2005 | Meeting between the President of Serbia, Boris Tadić and the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow |
| November 2005 | Foreign Minister Vuk Drašković visited the Russian Federation |
| November 2005 | Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica visited the Russian Federation in his capacity as sponsor of the National Exhibition of Serbia in Moscow. |
| 2007-2008 | There were numerous visits of the President and Prime Minister to Moscow iregarding cooperation on Kosovo status process and South Stream pipeline issues. |
| June 2008 | Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić met with the Russian Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller. |
[edit] Economic relations
Russia is an important partner in Serbias economic cooperation with the world and is in first place in terms of trade volume. Commodity trade between the two countries in 2005 increased over that in 2004 and in the first nine months of 2005 amounted to more than US$ 1,366 billion. Exports from Serbia amounted to US$ 159 million, while its imports amounted to US$ 1.207 billion.
Energy sources (oil, oil products and gas making up 83.5 per cent on the import side), raw materials and machine-building products account for the preponderant part of imports from the Russian Federation, while Serbia exports pharmaceutical products, flooring, machines, equipment, food, textiles and other consumer goods.[6]
[edit] Culture and education
Yugoslavia and the Russian Federation signed the Agreement on cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education, Science and Sports on July 19, 1995. Based on this Agreement a Program of Cooperation in the Areas of Education, Science and Culture was signed in December 2001 for the period 2002-2004. The Days of Culture of the Russian Federation were held in Serbia and Montenegro in 2002 and those of Serbia and Montenegro in the Russian Federation in 2003.[7]
The Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Belgrade has opened on April 9, 1933. Popular name of the centre is Russian House.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Bilateral Political Relations with Russia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia
- ^ Official Results of Serbian Census 2003–PopulationPDF (441 KiB), pp. 12-13
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики: 4.1. Национальный состав населения
- ^ Meetings between Top Leaders and High-ranking Officials of Russia and Serbia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia
- ^ Putin: supports for Kosovo unilateral independence "immoral, illegal". Xinhua (2008-02-14). Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
- ^ Economic relations with Russia, Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ^ Cultural-educational cooperation with Serbia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia
- ^ About us, Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Belgrade
[edit] External links
- Embassy of Russia in Belgrade
- Information regarding Serbian embassy in Moscow
- The Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Belgrade
- Russian language news site on Serbia
- Association of Serbian and Montenegrin students in Russia
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