Ethiopia–Serbia relations are bilateral ties between

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

and

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

. Since the time of

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, relations between the two nations have been warm. Both Ethiopia and Serbia are majority

Eastern Christian Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Northeast Africa, the Fertile Crescent and ...

nations. Ethiopia is one of Serbia's strongest advocates in Africa when it comes to their position on the recognition of

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

History

Ethiopia–Yugoslavia relations

Predsednik Tito u poseti jugoslovenskoj ambasadi u Adis Abebi

The former state of

maintained diplomatic ties with Ethiopia and shared membership of the NAM bloc. Josip Broz Tito granted

Haile Selassie I Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia ('' ...

the title of honorary citizen of the city of Belgrade. The first vessel of the

Ethiopian Navy The Ethiopian Navy (), known as the Imperial Ethiopian Navy until 1974, was a branch of the Ethiopian National Defense Force founded in 1955. It was disestablished in 1996 after the independence of Eritrea in 1991 left Ethiopia landlocked. The ...

was a gift from

, and as a sign of thanks Marshal Tito was given a villa in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

which is now the Serbian Embassy.

Contemporary relations

On January 27, 2012, after travelling to Addis Ababa in order to reaffirm Ethiopia's stance on

regarding

Vuk Jeremić Vuk Jeremić ( sr-cyr, Вук Јеремић, ; born 3 July 1975) is a Serbian politician and diplomat who served as the president of the United Nations General Assembly from 2012 to 2013 and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia from 200 ...

and Haile Mariam signed a memorandum of understanding between the two nations' ministries of foreign affairs.

Trade

In March 2011, as a result of a meeting between Serbian tractor manufacturer Industrija Motora Rakovica announced it would begin exporting tractor frames and motors to

for assembly. The first of the partially assembled tractors from Rakovica arrived in Ethiopia in May 2011.Kurir - May 18, 2011 - Prvi traktori iz IMR-a krenuli put Etiopije
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External links

* ttp://www.mfa.gov.rs/Embassies/adisabeba/aabeba_e.html Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: direction of the Serbian embassy in Adis Abeba
Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: direction of the Ethiopian embassy in Rome

References