Both the countries celebrated the 75th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations in 2023. To mark this anniversary, the Archives of Yugoslavia in Belgrade organized an event on 11 December 2023 in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and participation of the Embassy of India in Belgrade.
At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, President of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Mrs. Droupadi Murmu, President of India paid a State visit to Serbia from 7-9 June 2023. This was her first visit to Europe, and the first-ever visit by a Head of State of either country. President was accompanied by Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of State for Rural Development, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Smt. Rama Devi, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, and an official delegation. Her visit reaffirmed the strong and historic relations between the two countries. The visit also provided fresh momentum to our bilateral ties, especially economic.
Embassy of India, Belgrade organised the Indian Technical and Economic operation Day 2023 on 18 December 2023 to celebrate 59 glorious years of building capacity for global good. In her address at the celebration, Indian Ambassador Ms. Shubhdarshini Tripathi, gave an overview of the ITEC programme which covers over 300 training courses of different duration in premier training institutes of India to over 160 friendly foreign countries since 1964.
Serbia is one of the ITEC partner countries and since 2008, 168 Serbian mid-level career professionals have undergone courses on a wide and diverse range of skills and disciplines, including in ICT, Expenditure Management, Entrepreneurship, WTO, Banking & Finance, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Legislative Drafting, Yoga, English proficiency etc. Hence, India has been contributing in its own way, to capacity building in Serbia.
Further information may be obtained from Embassy of India, Belgrade (hoc.belgrade@mea.gov.in)