Bilateral relations
Libya–Serbia relations are diplomatic relations between Libya and Serbia . Libya has an embassy in Belgrade [1] and Serbia has an embassy in Tripoli .[2]
History
Boris Tadić with Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi built a strong diplomatic relationship with Yugoslavia and then maintained it with Serbia.[3]
One of the more important connections was the arms trade, first between the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Libya, and then continuing with Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia .[4] Several aircraft of the Libyan Jamahiriyan Air Force which were captured or used to defend Gaddafi-loyalists were made by Yugoslav aircraft-manufacturer SOKO in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina .[5] [6] Muammar Gaddafi maintained strong diplomatic with Serbia after Yugoslavia broke up in 1991-1995 .[7] Public opinion in Serbia has been cited to be supportive of the Muammar Gaddafi regime.[8] [9] [10]
Libyan civil war
On August 25, 2011, Serbia officially recognized the National Transitional Council as the ruling government in Libya .[11] However, the relations with the transitional government were strained from the very beginning of the Libyan Civil War when five Serbs were captured by Anti-Gaddafi rebels under the suspicion that they fought as mercenaries for Muammar Gaddafi .[12] As of April 2012 all five still remained in detainment in Libya.[13] [14] Libya al Youm then reported that more mercenaries had been flown in from Banja Luka .[15] The Serbian minister of defence, Dragan Sutanovac, denied reports that Serbian warplanes had bombed anti-Qaddafi protestors.[16]
Post-civil war
On 7 November 2015 two Serbian embassy workers in Libya were kidnapped by an unknown group, as reported by the Serbian foreign ministry.[17]
See also
References
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^ "LSE London School of Economics and Political Sciences - New meaning for an old relationship: Serbia's arms deals during Gaddafi's reign - December 20, 2011" . Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
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^ "ABC News - NATO to take charge over No Fly Zone in Libya - March 24, 2011" . Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2023 .
^ "The Economist - Libya's Balkan connections - February 25, 2012" . Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2023 .
^ Libya Revolt - 79% of Serbians gave support to Colonel Gaddafi Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The World - Gaddafi supporters in Serbia - April 8, 2011" . Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
^ "Facebook Pages - Support for Muammaer al-Gaddafi from the people of Serbia" . Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2012-04-02 .
^ "Novosti - Vlada Srbije priznala pobunjenike u Libiji (Serbian) - August 25, 2011" . Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
^ "Balkaninsight - Captured Serbs in Libya await their fate - September 15, 2011" . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
^ "Zatoceni Srbi zivi i zdravi" . Alo! . Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012 .
^ "B92 - March 31, 2011 - Jos bez optuznice za uhapsene Srbe" . Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
^ "نقلا عن راديو BIR أن طائرات تنطلق من مطار بنيالوكا بجمهورية صرب البوسنة تنقل مرتزقة صرب للمشاركة في قمع المتظاهرين في ليبيا" . Libya al Youm . 27 February 2011. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2012 .
^ "22 FEB 11 / 18:12:41 Belgrade Denies Serbian Planes Bombed Libya Protesters" . Balkan Insight . 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2012 .
^ ХРИСТОВА, Карина (8 November 2015). "В Ливии похитили двух сотрудников сербского посольства" . kp.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2023 .
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