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Political relations
Bilateral relations were established on November 4th, 1954 Serbia and Indonesia have very good political relations, with no outstanding issues, and with a tendency of further improvement. The last visit at the highest level occurred in 2016, when the then President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, visited Indonesia, which was the first visit to Indonesia at the highest level after six decades. The first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia signed the Instrument of Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) on September 4th, 2023, in Jakarta, where the 43rd Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was held. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic met on September 4, 2023 with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia and Chairperson of ASEAN Retno Marsudi, at whose invitation he participated in the formal ceremony of signing the Instrument of Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, as well as in the opening ceremony of the 43rd Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia at the time Nikola Selaković paid an official visit to the Republic of Indonesia on 23-24. May 2022, when he met with President Joko Widodo and Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Ms. Retno Marsudi, as a special envoy of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo, attended the High level Commemorative meeting of the Non-Aligned movement, held in Belgrade 10-11. october 2021, оn the occassion of the First conference of the NAM. During the visit, Ms. R. Marsudi has been received by the President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Nikola Selaković. In 2013, Indonesia and Serbia exchanged visits of then parliamentary leaders of the two countries — the Speaker of the People's Representative Council, Marzuki Alie, visited Serbia (from 4 to 8 June 2013), while the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia, Nebojša Stefanović, was in an official visit to Indonesia from 17 to 20 March 2013. Economic relations The value of the bilateral trade between Serbia and Indonesia in 2022 amounted to 113 million USD (of which 3,12 million USD was the value of Serbia`s export). Indonesian companies have so far had two investments in Serbia – into the noodle factory in Inđija (11 million euros, 200 job positions) and the mushroom production and processing plant (approximately 9.5 million euros, 120 employees). Bilateral agreements
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM • Establishment of diplomatic relations: 2011 • Contractual relations: no agreements. • Recent visits:
- MFA Vuk Jeremić - Brunei (February 2011) • Economic relations: at very low levels – trade value measured in thousands of Euros. CAMBODIA • Establishment of diplomatic relations: 1956. • Contractual relations: cooperation legal framework inherited from ex-Yugoslavia. • Recent visits:
- MFA Ivan Mrkić – Phnom Penh (February 2013) EAST TIMOR • Establishment of diplomatic relations: not established yet. • Contractual relations: non-existent. • Recent visits: - Deputy MFA of the East Timor Xavier Pereira Carlos – Commemorative Ministerial Meeting of NAM, Belgrade (September 2011) • Economic relations: non-existent.
MALAYSIA • Establishment of diplomatic relations: 1967. • Contractual relations: cooperation legal framework inherited from ex-Yugoslavia. • Recent visits:
- MFA of Malesia B. D. Aman – Commemorative Ministerial Meeting of NAM, Belgrade (September 2011) • Economic relations: In 2011. the Serbian trade deficit amounted to EUR 42 mil., while the value of the Serbian exports was only EUR 63.000.
The PHILIPPINES • Establishment of diplomatic relations: 1972. • Contractual relations: cooperation legal framework inherited from ex-Yugoslavia. • Recent visits: - Undersecretary in the Philippiness MFA Jose Brillantes - Commemorative Ministerial Meeting of NAM, Belgrade (September 2011) • Economic relations: underdeveloped. In 2011. the Serbian trade deficit amounted to EUR 4.5 mil., while the value of the Serbian exports was EUR 2.3 mil.
• Establishment of diplomatic relations: 1967. • Contractual relations: cooperation legal framework inherited from ex-Yugoslavia. • Recent visits:
- MFA Vuk Jeremić (May 2012) • Economic relations: based on exchange of goods, dominated by technical products. In 2011. the Serbian trade deficit amounted to over EUR 36 mil., while the value of the Serbian exports was below EUR 3.5 mil.
• Establishment of diplomatic relations: 1954. • Contractual relations: cooperation legal framework inherited from ex-Yugoslavia. • Recent visits:
- Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Norachit Sinhaseni – Commemorative Ministerial Meeting of NAM, Belgrade (September 2011)
• Establishment of diplomatic relations: 1957. • Contractual relations: cooperation legal framework inherited from ex-Yugoslavia. • Recent visits:
- MFA Ivan Mrkić – Hanoi (February/March 2013) • Economic relations: at low lewels. In 2012. the Serbian trade deficit amounted to over EUR 30 mil., while the value of the Serbian exports was app. EUR 7 mil.
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