Palestine–Serbia relations
bilateral relations between Serbia and Palestine
Palestine and Serbia maintain diplomatic relations established between the Palestine and SFR Yugoslavia in 1989. From 1989 to 2006, Palestine maintained relations with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (later Serbia and Montenegro), of which Serbia is considered shared (SFRY) or sole (FRY) legal successor.
History
Yugoslavia under Josip Broz Tito had established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1948. After the Six-Day War in 1967, Yugoslavia had cut off all diplomatic relations with Israel and did not restore them until 1991. Tito had strongly supported Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Yasser Arafat was one of the dignitaries who had visited Belgrade after the death of Tito on 8 May 1980. Yugoslavia had recognized the State of Palestine in 1988 and had established full diplomatic relations with it in 1989. During the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s, Palestine had recognised the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (then Serbia and Montenegro) and all the other former Yugoslav republics.
In late 1999, during a time when Serbia was increasingly isolated internationally for its actions in the Yugoslav Wars, the Palestinian Authority invited Serbian President Slobodan Milošević to celebrate Orthodox Christmas in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank. An Israeli spokesman said that Milošević would probably be detained if he entered most countries, including Israel, as he had been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal.
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