Austria–Yugoslavia relations

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Austria–Yugoslavia relations
Map indicating locations of Austria and Yugoslavia

Austria

Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito and Jovanka Broz in Vienna in 1967

Austria–Yugoslavia relations were historical foreign relations between

Fascist Italy and 1938 Anschluss
.

From the

Austria was under National Socialism and part of Nazi Germany. World War II in Yugoslavia started on 6 April 1941 and led to country's partition and initiation of the prolonged guerrilla liberation war
fought against the Axis and their locally established puppet regimes.

Austrian Economic Chamber delegation meeting with the President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito.
Embassy of Yugoslavia in Vienna (today Embassy of Croatia)
Embassy of Austria in Belgrade (since 1955)

After the end of the war

non-aligned country, collaborated closely on building bridges in the Cold War Europe, particularly within the framework of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (modern day OSCE). The formal relationship further developed with the establishment of the Alps-Adriatic Working Group in 1978. In 1989, together with Hungary and Italy, Austria and Yugoslavia were the founding members of the Central European Initiative. While at the initial stages of the Yugoslav crisis Austria was still not a member state of the emerging European Union, the country still was a vocal advocate of the right of self-determination both for the Socialist Republic of Slovenia and the Socialist Republic of Croatia. Yugoslavia national football team played its last international match on 13 November 1991 in the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying against the Austria national football team and won it with the result of 2:0.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Slusser, Robert M.; Triska, Jan F. (1959). A Calendar of Soviet Treaties 1917-1957. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 328.
  2. ^ Buškulić, Ante. "Točno 25 godina od posljednje utakmice SFRJ... bez hrvatskih igrača". goal.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.