Italy–Serbia relations

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Italian-Serbian relations
Map indicating locations of Italy and Serbia

Italy
Serbia

Italy–Serbia relations are diplomatic relations between

OSCE, Council of Europe and the World Trade Organization
.

History

Before the establishment of the formal bilateral relations

Main articles: History of the Balkans, Christianization of the Slavs, and Serbs in Italy
Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste

Economic, social and political interactions between

Grand Prince of Serbia Stefan the First-Crowned (1165–1228) coronation was performed by a legate of Pope Urban II which led some Serbian historians to conclude that Stefan underwent both Catholic and Orthodox coronations, but modern scholars tend to agree that only the papal one took place. Stefan's third wife, Venetian noblewoman Anna Dandolo, became Queen of Serbia and was mother to Stefan Uroš I. Popular legend claims that the Žiča Monastery, seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church between 1219 and 1253, was intentionally constructed on the halfway between Rome and Constantinople.[3]

Mihailo Obrenović as its leader.[4] During the Congress of Berlin Italy supported Serbia's request for independence but did not support other request made by Serbian leadership.[4]

Relations up until the creation of Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Italy established formal bilateral relations with the Principality of Serbia on 18 January 1879.[1]

When WWI started Italian FM

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sidney Sonnino did not follow up on his policies but rather wanted to expand Italy's territories on the Adriatic (mainly Montenegro, Dalmatia and Albania), which was opposed to the Serbian policy of unification.[4]

Yugoslav period

Main article: Italy–Yugoslavia relations

Breakup of Yugoslavia

F-117 Nighthawk before taking off from Aviano Air Base
, Italy, in March 1999 as part of NATO operations against Yugoslavia

In the initial phase of the

country under international sanctions.[6] Staff size at the Italian Embassy in Belgrade barely changed between years 1990 and 2010.[6]

Relations between Italy and the

Mediterranean diplomacy which particularly materialized in UNIFIL Lebanon.[6] Italy and Serbia quickly normalized relations after the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević and Rome becoming one of the first supporters of Serbia's European integrations.[6]

Serbian university professor and academic Nikša Stipčević made various contributions to the study of Serbian-Italian relations in the 19th century and history of the relations in general.[4]

Relations since 2006

On 21 February 2008 Italy

Bosnia-Herzegovina.[7] In 2016 Italy was represented in Belgrade with 25 diplomats, just behind Russia (54), United States (40), China (37), Germany (33) and Libya (27) but more than Austria, France, Turkey, Hungary, United Kingdom or Serbian diplomatic allies in Europe such as Greece and Spain. [6]
Comparatively high Italian presence was explained with growing economic ties, unusually high Libyan diplomatic presence, Serbia's role in Western Balkans and Italian leading role in developing the best possible NATO–Serbia relations short of membership.

Italy and Serbia co-hosted the 2005 Men's European Volleyball Championship and 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

Italy is one of Serbia's main trading partners. In 2019, Italy was the fourth largest source of imports and the second largest export destination for Serbia.[8]

On April 25 2020, Serbia sent eight planes with medical aid to Italy, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Serbia sent two million epidemiological masks, two million surgical masks, four million gloves and 100,000 suits.[6]

Gallery

Diplomatic missions

See also

Sources

  • Kalić, Jovanka (2006). "La Serbie et l'Italie au XII siécle". Глас САНУ. 404 (13): 85–94.

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c "Political relations:Italy". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Il Ministro per gli Affari Europei Vincenzo Amendola in visita a Belgrado". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ Živanov, Dragan (6 January 2019). "Manastir Žiča". Srbija izbliza. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Vučetić, Bojana (2016). "An overview of Serbian historiography on Serbian-Italian relations". Collection of Works - the Institute of History Belgrade. 28.
  5. ^ a b Riding, Alan. "Conflict in Yugoslavia; EUROPEANS SEND HIGH--LEVEL TEAM". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Albertini, Matteo; Deliso, Chris. "Italian Security in the MENA and Balkans, Part 6: Relations with Serbia". Balkanalysis. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ^ Maksimović, Marina (18 July 2018). "Bez približavanja stavova Beograda i Prištine". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Serbia trade balance, exports and imports by country and region 2019". World Integrated Trade Solution. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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