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'''India–Serbia relations''' are foreign relations between the [[republic of India]] and the [[republic of Serbia]]. India has an embassy in [[Belgrade]]. Serbia has an embassy in [[New Delhi]] and an honorary [[consulate]] in [[Chennai]].  
[[India]] and [[Serbia]] maintain diplomatic relations established between India and [[SFR Yugoslavia]] in 1948. From 1948 to 2006, India [[India–Yugoslavia relations|maintained relations]] with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (later [[Serbia and Montenegro]]), of which Serbia is considered [[Agreement on Succession Issues of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|shared]] (SFRY) or sole (FRY) legal [[succession of states|successor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.undp.org.rs/index.cfm?event=public.cpm|work=UNDP Serbia|title=Country programme framework|publisher=[[UNDP]]|access-date=August 26, 2015|archive-date=May 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505155700/http://www.undp.org.rs/index.cfm?event=public.cpm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Both countries are key allies and were founding members of the [[Non Aligned Movement]] with Serbia being part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] at the time.<ref name="Embassy of India, Belgrade">{{cite web |url=http://www.eoibelgrade.gov.in/relationpages.php?id=38 |title=India-Serbia Bilateral relations |publisher=Embassy of India, Belgrade  |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> India was one of the nations that cosponsored the proposal to readmit the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] to the [[United Nations]] in 2000.<ref name="Ministry of External Affairs of India">{{cite web |url=http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India-Serbia_Relations.pdf |title=India-Serbia Relations |publisher=[[Ministry of External Affairs of India]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> India backs Serbia's position regarding [[Kosovo]] and supports [[accession of Serbia to the European Union|Serbia's EU integration process]].<ref name="The InSerbia Network">{{cite web |url=http://inserbia.info/today/2013/11/relations-between-serbia-and-india-extremely-good-nikolic/ |title=Relations between Serbia and India extremely good – Nikolic |publisher=The InSerbia Network |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> During her visit to Belgrade in 2013, Indian foreign minister [[Preneet Kaur]] stated that she hopes that Serbia will continue to support reforms in international bodies, including the [[United Nations]], and India's bid to become a permanent member of the [[UN Security Council]].<ref name="B92-Preneet Kaur">{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2013&mm=11&dd=21&nav_id=88419 |title=Serbia and India "bound by traditional friendship" |publisher=[[B92]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> In an interview for local media, H.E. Narinder Chauhan, Indian Ambassador to Serbia stated that "''Despite of [[Breakup of Yugoslavia]] our political relations continue to be exceptional, marked by a long tradition of mutual support on issues of core interest... It is a matter of immense satisfaction that Serbia also supports India’s international role. India sees Serbia as a reliable partner.''"<ref name="CorD Magazine">{{cite web |url=http://cordmagazine.com/markets/country-in-focus/india/interview-h-e-narinder-chauhan-indian-ambassador-to-serbia-traditional-closeness-despite-geographical-distance/ |title=Traditional Closeness, Despite Geographical Distance |publisher=CorD Magazine |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Execution of Prisonsers Belgrade-Suleymanname.jpg|thumb|235x235px|Ottoman miniature depicting two Indian mahouts carrying out executions by Elephant near [[Belgrade]], 16th Century CE.]]
 
In 1926 [[Rabindranath Tagore]] gave two lectures at the [[University of Belgrade]].<ref name="Ministry of External Affairs of India-Serbia">{{cite web |url=http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Serbia_April_2014.pdf |title=India-Serbia Relations |publisher=[[Ministry of External Affairs of India]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> Countries had developed close friendly relations during the period of [[Cold War]] when both Yugoslavia and India tried to maintain the peaceful coexistence among the nations. Especially close relations existed among the Yugoslav president [[Josip Broz Tito]] and Indian first Prime Minister [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref name="The Centre for Policy Research (CPR)">{{cite web |url=http://www.cprindia.org/research/books/india-and-serbia-and-montenegro-re-engagement-regional-and-bilateral-dimensions |title=India and Serbia and Montenegro Re-engagement: Regional and Bilateral Dimensions |publisher=[[Centre for Policy Research]]  |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> Since 1970's [[New Belgrade]] has two streets named after Mahatma Gandhi and Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru with the busts of the two leaders set in that place in 1990's.<ref name="Ministry of External Affairs of India-Serbia"/><ref name="Home › India-Serbia Bilateral relations">{{cite web |url=http://www.eoibelgrade.gov.in/relationpages.php?id=38 |title=Home › India-Serbia Bilateral relations |publisher=[[Ministry of External Affairs of India]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> During [[2014 Southeast Europe floods]] India donated 100,000 $ of humanitarian aid to Serbia.<ref name="Индија упутила 100.000 долара Србији">{{cite web |url=http://www.in4s.net/indija-uputila-100-000-dolara-srbiji/|title=Индија упутила 100.000 долара Србији |publisher=ИН4С |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> In 2016 [[Russian Air Force]] announced that during the year they will organize joint [[military exercise]] for [[Military of Serbia|Serbia]], [[Military of Russia|Russia]], [[Military of Belarus|Belarus]], [[Military of Egypt|Egypt]] and [[Military of India|India]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
During 1300-1400 CE, [[Timeline_of_Romani_history#Serbia|Romani people]] of Indian origin had already settled in [[Serbia]].
 
In 1926, [[Rabindranath Tagore]] gave two lectures at the [[University of Belgrade]].<ref name="Ministry of External Affairs of India-Serbia">{{cite web |url=http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Serbia_April_2014.pdf |title=India-Serbia Relations |publisher=[[Ministry of External Affairs of India]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>  
Both countries were founding members of the [[Non Aligned Movement]] with Serbia being part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at the time.<ref name="Embassy of India, Belgrade">{{cite web |url=http://www.eoibelgrade.gov.in/relationpages.php?id=38 |title=India-Serbia Bilateral relations |publisher=Embassy of India, Belgrade  |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
The countries had developed close and friendly relations during the period of Cold War when both Yugoslavia and India tried to maintain peaceful coexistence among nations. Especially close relations existed between the Yugoslav president [[Josip Broz Tito]] and India's first Prime Minister, [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref name="The Centre for Policy Research (CPR)">{{cite web |url=http://www.cprindia.org/research/books/india-and-serbia-and-montenegro-re-engagement-regional-and-bilateral-dimensions |title=India and Serbia and Montenegro Re-engagement: Regional and Bilateral Dimensions |publisher=[[Centre for Policy Research]]  |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> Since 1970s, [[New Belgrade]] has two streets named after Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, with the busts of the two leaders set in that place in 1990s.<ref name="Ministry of External Affairs of India-Serbia"/><ref name="Home › India-Serbia Bilateral relations">{{cite web |url=http://www.eoibelgrade.gov.in/relationpages.php?id=38 |title=Home › India-Serbia Bilateral relations |publisher=[[Ministry of External Affairs of India]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> India was one of the nations that co-sponsored the proposal to readmit the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (Serbia and Montenegro) to the [[United Nations]] in 2000.<ref name="Ministry of External Affairs of India">{{cite web |url=http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India-Serbia_Relations.pdf |title=India-Serbia Relations |publisher=[[Ministry of External Affairs of India]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> During her visit to Belgrade in 2013, Indian Foreign Minister  [[Preneet Kaur]] stated that she hopes that Serbia will continue to support reforms in international bodies, including the [[United Nations]], and India's bid to become a permanent member of the [[UN Security Council]].<ref name="B92-Preneet Kaur">{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2013&mm=11&dd=21&nav_id=88419 |title=Serbia and India "bound by traditional friendship" |date=21 November 2013 |publisher=[[B92]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> In a 2018 interview for local media, Indian Ambassador to Serbia, Narinder Chauhan, stated that "''Despite the [[Breakup of Yugoslavia|breakup of Yugoslavia]] our political relations continue to be exceptional, marked by a long tradition of mutual support on issues of core interest... It is a matter of immense satisfaction that Serbia also supports India’s international role. India sees Serbia as a reliable partner.''"<ref name="CorD Magazine">{{cite web |url=http://cordmagazine.com/markets/country-in-focus/india/interview-h-e-narinder-chauhan-indian-ambassador-to-serbia-traditional-closeness-despite-geographical-distance/ |title=Traditional Closeness, Despite Geographical Distance |publisher=CorD Magazine |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-date=28 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228023519/http://cordmagazine.com/markets/country-in-focus/india/interview-h-e-narinder-chauhan-indian-ambassador-to-serbia-traditional-closeness-despite-geographical-distance/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==India's stance on Kosovo==
{{see also|India's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence}}
[[File:Execution of Prisonsers Belgrade-Suleymanname.jpg|thumb|235x235px|16th-century Ottoman miniature depicting two Indian mahouts carrying out executions by elephant near [[Belgrade]]]]
India backs Serbia's position regarding [[Kosovo]] and its reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence is one of non-recognition.<ref name="The InSerbia Network">{{cite web |url=http://inserbia.info/today/2013/11/relations-between-serbia-and-india-extremely-good-nikolic/ |title=Relations between Serbia and India extremely good – Nikolic |publisher=The InSerbia Network |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604022610/http://inserbia.info/today/2013/11/relations-between-serbia-and-india-extremely-good-nikolic/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
According to [[United States diplomatic cables leak|leaked US embassy cables]], then [[U.S. Ambassador to India]] [[David C. Mulford]] pressured India in joining with the United States and other European countries in recognizing Kosovo's independence. But, due to India's fear that Kosovo's independence will set a precedent for [[Kashmir independence movement|Kashmir independence]], made non-recognition of Kosovo's independence as India's default position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/the-india-cables//article60535030.ece|title=Kashmir issue clouds Indian view of Kosovo|first=Arvind|last=Sivaramakrishnan|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2011-04-04|access-date=2022-09-06}}</ref>
 
In 2022, spokesperson of the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affarirs of India]] [[Arindam Bagchi]] stated thet India's position on Kosovo has not changed, in response to reports on the opening of the India-Kosovo Commercial Economic Office in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=India's position on Kosovo is well known and there is no change in it, says MEA spokesperson |url=https://newsonair.gov.in/News?title=India%26%2339%3Bs-position-on-Kosovo-is-well-known-and-there-is-no-change-in-it%2C-says-MEA-spokesperson&id=451371 |access-date=8 Mar 2024 |work=[[All India Radio]] |date=25 Nov 2022}}</ref>


==Cultural relations==
==Cultural relations==


Serbia was one of the nations that cosponsored [[Narendra Modi]] proposal for [[International Yoga Day]] at United Nations.<ref name="Pokret nesvrstanih još spaja Srbiju i Indiju">{{cite web |url=http://www.danas.rs/danasrs/svet/globus/pokret_nesvrstanih_jos_spaja_srbiju_i_indiju_.12.html?news_id=306334 |title=Pokret nesvrstanih još spaja Srbiju i Indiju |publisher=[[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
Serbia was one of the nations that co-sponsored [[Narendra Modi]] proposal for [[International Yoga Day]] at United Nations.<ref name="Pokret nesvrstanih još spaja Srbiju i Indiju">{{cite web |url=http://www.danas.rs/danasrs/svet/globus/pokret_nesvrstanih_jos_spaja_srbiju_i_indiju_.12.html?news_id=306334 |title=Pokret nesvrstanih još spaja Srbiju i Indiju |date=13 August 2015 |publisher=[[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]] |access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
 
==Resident diplomatic missions==
* India has an embassy in [[Belgrade]].
* Serbia has an embassy in [[New Delhi]] and an honorary consulate in [[Chennai]].


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Foreign relations of India]]
* [[Foreign relations of India]]
* [[Foreign relations of Serbia]]
* [[Foreign relations of Serbia]]
* [[India's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence]]
* [[India–Yugoslavia relations]]
* [[India–Yugoslavia relations]]
* [[Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement]]
* [[Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement]]
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India–Serbia relations
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Embassy of India, BelgradeEmbassy of Serbia, New Delhi

India and Serbia maintain diplomatic relations established between India and SFR Yugoslavia in 1948. From 1948 to 2006, India maintained relations with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (later Serbia and Montenegro), of which Serbia is considered shared (SFRY) or sole (FRY) legal successor.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

During 1300-1400 CE, Romani people of Indian origin had already settled in Serbia.

In 1926, Rabindranath Tagore gave two lectures at the University of Belgrade.[2] Both countries were founding members of the Non Aligned Movement with Serbia being part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at the time.[3] The countries had developed close and friendly relations during the period of Cold War when both Yugoslavia and India tried to maintain peaceful coexistence among nations. Especially close relations existed between the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito and India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.[4] Since 1970s, New Belgrade has two streets named after Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, with the busts of the two leaders set in that place in 1990s.[2][5] India was one of the nations that co-sponsored the proposal to readmit the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to the United Nations in 2000.[6] During her visit to Belgrade in 2013, Indian Foreign Minister Preneet Kaur stated that she hopes that Serbia will continue to support reforms in international bodies, including the United Nations, and India's bid to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council.[7] In a 2018 interview for local media, Indian Ambassador to Serbia, Narinder Chauhan, stated that "Despite the breakup of Yugoslavia our political relations continue to be exceptional, marked by a long tradition of mutual support on issues of core interest... It is a matter of immense satisfaction that Serbia also supports India’s international role. India sees Serbia as a reliable partner."[8]

India's stance on Kosovo[edit | edit source]

See also: India's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
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16th-century Ottoman miniature depicting two Indian mahouts carrying out executions by elephant near Belgrade

India backs Serbia's position regarding Kosovo and its reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence is one of non-recognition.[9]

According to leaked US embassy cables, then U.S. Ambassador to India David C. Mulford pressured India in joining with the United States and other European countries in recognizing Kosovo's independence. But, due to India's fear that Kosovo's independence will set a precedent for Kashmir independence, made non-recognition of Kosovo's independence as India's default position.[10]

In 2022, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affarirs of India Arindam Bagchi stated thet India's position on Kosovo has not changed, in response to reports on the opening of the India-Kosovo Commercial Economic Office in New Delhi.[11]

Cultural relations[edit | edit source]

Serbia was one of the nations that co-sponsored Narendra Modi proposal for International Yoga Day at United Nations.[12]

Resident diplomatic missions[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Country programme framework". UNDP Serbia. UNDP. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "India-Serbia Relations" (PDF). Ministry of External Affairs of India. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "India-Serbia Bilateral relations". Embassy of India, Belgrade. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "India and Serbia and Montenegro Re-engagement: Regional and Bilateral Dimensions". Centre for Policy Research. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Home › India-Serbia Bilateral relations". Ministry of External Affairs of India. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "India-Serbia Relations" (PDF). Ministry of External Affairs of India. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Serbia and India "bound by traditional friendship"". B92. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Traditional Closeness, Despite Geographical Distance". CorD Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Relations between Serbia and India extremely good – Nikolic". The InSerbia Network. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Sivaramakrishnan, Arvind (4 April 2011). "Kashmir issue clouds Indian view of Kosovo". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "India's position on Kosovo is well known and there is no change in it, says MEA spokesperson". All India Radio. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Pokret nesvrstanih još spaja Srbiju i Indiju". Danas. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

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