Libya–Serbia relations
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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
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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- Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Libya
- Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: direction of the Serbian embassy in Tripoli
- Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: direction of the Libya embassy in Belgrade
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- ↑ B92 - Zastava pobunjenika na ambasadi (Serbian) - August 23, 2011
- ↑ Kurir - Serbian Embassy has no information of captured Serbs (Serbian) - August 25, 2011
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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
- ↑ Airliners.net - Liyban Air Force G-2 Galeb (December 4, 2006) - Chris Lofting
- ↑ ABC News - NATO to take charge over No Fly Zone in Libya - March 24, 2011
- ↑ The Economist - Libya's Balkan connections - February 25, 2012
- ↑ Libya Revolt - 79% of Serbians gave support to Colonel Gaddafi
- ↑ The World - Gaddafi supporters in Serbia - April 8, 2011
- ↑ Facebook Pages - Support for Muammaer al-Gaddafi from the people of Serbia
- ↑ Novosti - Vlada Srbije priznala pobunjenike u Libiji (Serbian) - August 25, 2011
- ↑ Balkaninsight - Captured Serbs in Libya await their fate - September 15, 2011
- ↑ Alo! Zatoceni Srbi zivi i zdravi - March 28, 2012
- ↑ B92 - March 31, 2011 - Jos bez optuznice za uhapsene Srbe
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- ↑ В Ливии похитили двух сотрудников сербского посольства | In Libya two Serbian embassy workers were kidnapped. Komsomolskaya Pravda. Published 7 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
