Ukraine has the diplomatic relations with the Republic of Serbia on the level of embassies.
The diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) were established on 15 April 1994. The two countries hold an intensive political dialogue. There are regular contacts on different levels, aimed at realizing the bilateral treaties and enlarging the legal basis of cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Serbia.
Bilateral contacts at a high level:
January 2001 – working visit of the President of Ukraine L.Kuchma to Belgrade and negotiations with the President of FRY V.Kostunica
The end of September – the beginning of October 2001 – visit of the Prime minister of FRY D.Pesic to Kyiv
February 2002 – visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of FRY G.Svilanovic to Kyiv
June 2002 – visit of the Mayor of Belgrade R.Hrustanovic to Kyiv
L.Kuchma and V.Kostunica in terms of World forum on the issues of stable development (Johannesburg)
September 2002 – the meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Zlenko with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of FRY G.Svilanovic during the 57th session of UNGA in New York
April 2003 – working meeting of the President of Ukraine L.Kuchma with the President of Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) S.Marovic at the European conference in Athens (Greece)
September 2003 – working meeting of the President of Ukraine L.Kuchma with the President of SCG S.Marovic during the 58th session of UNGA in New York
November 2003 – official visit of the President of Serbia and Montenegro S.Marovic to Kyiv and negotiations with the President of Ukraine L.Kuchma February 2004 – visit of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Y.Marchuk to Belgrade
October 2004 – visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine K.Hryschenko to Belgrade
January 2005 – participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of SCG V.Draskovic in the ceremony of inauguration of the President of Ukraine V.Yuschenko
February 2005 – the meeting of the President of Ukraine V.Yuschenko with the President of SCG B.Tadic in Zagreb during the inauguration of the President of Croatia S.Mesic
May 2005 – meetings of Vice-prime minister of Ukraine O.Rybachuk with the President of the Republic of Serbia B.Tadic, Prime minister V.Kostunica, Minister of International Economic Relations P.Ivanovic in Belgrade
June 2005 – official visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of SCG V.Draskovic to Ukraine
June 2005 – meeting of the Head of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine V.Lytvyn with the Head of Skupstina of SCG Z.Sami in terms of 25th session of the General Assembly of PAPSEC in Kyiv
November 2005 – the meeting of the Prime minister of Ukraine Y.Yehanurov with the President of SCG S.Marovic in terms of the Summit of the heads of governments of the states-members of CEI in Slovakia
December 2005 – participation of the official delegation of SCG, led by the Minister of international economic relations of SCG P.Ivanovic, in the Forum of the Community of Democratic Choice in Kyiv. Meeting of P.Ivanovic with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine B.Tarasyuk
December 2005 – the meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine B.Tarasyuk with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of SCG V.Draskovic during the session of the Council of Ministers of OSCE (Lubliana)
January 2006 – official visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine B.Tarasyuk to SCG
March 2006 – official visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of SCG V.Draskovic to Ukraine
July 2007 – working visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Yaceniuk to the Republic of Serbia
14 February 2008 – visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia V.Jeremic to Ukraine
8-9 April 2008 – working visit of the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine K.Yelisieiev to Serbia
11 November 2008 – talk of the President of Ukraine V.Yuschenko and the President of Serbia B.Tadic in Warsaw in terms of celebrating 90th anniversary of the Polish statehood
19 June 2009 - the meeting of the President of Ukraine V.Yuschenko with the President of Serbia B.Tadic in terms of the 16th Summit of the Heads of States of Central Europe in Novi Sad
25 February 2010 - participation of the First Vice Prime minister, Minister for Internal Affairs of RS I.Dacic in the ceremony of inauguration of the President of Ukraine V.Yanukovich
5 July 2010 - official visit of the Head of National assembly of RS S.Djukic-Dejanovic to Ukraine
25-26 November 2010 – visit of Ukrainian delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine to the Republic of Serbia for participation in the Third session of Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Serbian Commission on Trade and economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation
4-5 April 2011 – visit of the Chairman of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine V.Lytvyn to Serbia
30-31 May 2011 – visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia V.Jeremic to Ukraine
4 November 2011 - visit of the Prime Minister of Ukraine M.Azarov to Serbia in terms of CEI Summit
10-11 November 2011 - visit of the President of Serbia B.Tadic to Ukraine
6-7th June, 2013 – official visit of the President of Ukraine V.Yanukovych to Serbia.
27-28th July, 2013 – working visit of the President of Serbia T.Nikolic to Ukraine.
5-6th December, 2013 – working visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia to Ukraine.
24 December 2014 – working visit of the First vice-prime-minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia I.Dachich to Ukraine.
16-17th July, 2015 - working visit of the First vice-prime-minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, OSCE Chairperson-in-office I.Dachich to Ukraine.
3-4th December, 2015 - working visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine P.Klimkin to Serbia in terms of participation in the OSCE Ministerial Meeting.
27-28th July, 2016 - visit of Ukrainian delegation led by the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine on European Integration I.Klimpush-Cincadze to Serbia.
2-3d July, 2018 - official visit of the President of Ukraine P.Poroshenko to Serbia
October 13, 2020 – meeting in Belgrade between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Vasyl Bodnar, and the First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dacic.
August 23, 2021 — participation of Mrs Tamara Vučić, First Lady of Serbia in the Kyiv Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen.
September 10, 2021 - Ukrainian-Serbian political consultations were held in Kyiv under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Vasyl Bodnar, and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Nemanja Starovic.
May 19, 2022 - meeting of the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine E. Dzhaparova with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia N. Selakovic in Turin (Italy) on the sidelines of the 132nd ministerial meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
Interparliamentary cooperation
On June 7, 2022, a meeting of the Chairman O. Merezhko and members of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation with the leadership of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Parliament of Serbia took place in the remote video conference mode
Support of territorial integrity and sovereignty
Serbia did not take part in the vote on UN GA resolution 68/262 "Territorial Integrity of Ukraine" (2014). The Serbian delegation voted against pro-Ukrainian UN General Assembly resolutions “Problem of the militarization of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov” (2018-2021) and “Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine)” (2016-2021). Serbia voted in favor of UN GA resolutions “Aggression against Ukraine” on March 2, 2022 and “Humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine” on March 24, 2022. On April 7, 2022, Serbia supported the suspension of the membership of the Russian Federation in the UN Human Rights Council.
However, Serbia has not yet joined the sanctions against the russian federation and has not introduced its own restrictive measures.
Bilateral institutional mechanisms
Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Serbian Commission on Trade, Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation. The last, 5th meeting of the Commission was held on April 22-23, 2013 in Belgrade