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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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Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023 .
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"Libya's Balkan connections: Qaddafi's Yugoslav friends" .
The Economist . February 25, 2011.
Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2012 .
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Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2023 .
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"The Economist - Libya's Balkan connections - February 25, 2012" .
Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2023 .
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Libya Revolt - 79% of Serbians gave support to Colonel Gaddafi
Archived 2012-03-21 at the
Wayback Machine
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Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
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"Facebook Pages - Support for Muammaer al-Gaddafi from the people of Serbia" .
Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2012-04-02 .
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"Novosti - Vlada Srbije priznala pobunjenike u Libiji (Serbian) - August 25, 2011" .
Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
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"Balkaninsight - Captured Serbs in Libya await their fate - September 15, 2011" .
Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
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"Zatoceni Srbi zivi i zdravi" . Alo! .
Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012 .
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"B92 - March 31, 2011 - Jos bez optuznice za uhapsene Srbe" .
Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
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"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 .
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"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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