Foreign relations exist between

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

and Serbia. The two countries maintained diplomatic relations established by Australia and

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

in 1966. Australia has an embassy in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

. Serbia has an embassy in

Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

and a general consulate in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

. The European office of the Australian Federal Police is located in Belgrade as of 2003. In the 2006 Australian Census, 95,364 people identified themselves as having Serbian origin. In 2006–07 period, Australian merchandise export to Serbia were about Australian dollar, A$2.04 million, consisting primarily of toys, games and sporting goods. In the same period, Serbian exports were about A$3.19 million, consisting mainly of preserved food products. The Australian government took over all the bilateral treaties and agreements signed with the former Yugoslavia in its relations with Serbia, with reserve of cessation of certain contracts if they are considered to be surpassed. There are nine agreements in force, among which the most important are trade agreement, agreement of residence and employment of Serbian citizens in Australia and the Agreement on cultural cooperation. Cultural and education relations are based on the Agreement on cultural and scientific cooperation, which was concluded between the governments of two countries on 14 September 1976. There have been no visits of heads of state or government between two countries in recent years. The delegation led by MPs Roger Price (Australian politician), Roger Price and Danna Vale and Senator Judith Troeth visited Serbia in October 2008 while the delegation led by Slavica Đukić Dejanović visited Australia in September 2009.Delegacija srpskog parlamenta posetila Australiju

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Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Serbia

Australian embassy in Belgrade

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181001185020/https://www.unglobalcompact.org/system/attachments/3771/original/COP.pdf Increasing Australian Business Activities with Serbia]
Embassy of The Republic of Serbia in Canberra
{{DEFAULTSORT:Australia-Serbia Relations Australia–Serbia relations, Bilateral relations of Australia, Serbia Bilateral relations of Serbia

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