Japan-Serbia Relations
Japan-Serbia Relations (Basic Data)
July 2, 2025
Basic Data
Japanese Nationals in Serbia:
255 (as of October 2024)
Trade with Japan in 2023:
- Japan's export: 6.93 billion yen (rubber products, chemical products, yarns for textiles etc.)
- Japan's import: 53.5 billion yen (tobacco, clothes, fruits・vegetable etc.)
Japan's Bilateral Economic Cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Yen Credit: 28.25 billion yen
- Grant Aid: 23.23 billion yen (including aid for Kosovo and Montenegro before their independence)
- Technical Cooperation: 6.63 billion yen (ditto)
VIP Visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| July 2001 | Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka |
| April 2005 | Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera |
| May 2005 | Senior ViceMinister of Finance Ryotaro Tanose |
| May 2006 | Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Akiko Yamanaka |
| May 2009 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasutoshi Nishimura |
| September 2012 | Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ryuji Yamane |
| December 2013 | Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobuo Kishi |
| July 2014 | Senior Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office Yasutoshi Nishimura |
| December 2015 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoji Muto |
| December 2017 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Nakane |
| January 2018 | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe |
| October 2018 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenji Yamada |
| April 2019 | Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Japan Kentaro Sonoura |
| July 2019 | State Minister for the Environment Minoru Kiuchi |
| August 2019 | Foreign Minister Taro Kono |
| April 2024 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasushi Hosaka |
| July 2024 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoko Kamikawa |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| February 2001 | Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic |
| May 2003 | Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic |
| April 2004 | Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic, Minister of International Economic Relations Branko Lukovac |
| November 2007 | Mining and Energy Minister Aleksandar Popovic |
| April 2009 | Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic |
| October 2009 | Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic |
| March 2011 | the President of the Republic of Serbia Boris Tadic, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic |
| November 2011 | the Speaker of the Serbian Parliament Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic |
| October 2012 | Finance and Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic |
| October 2019 | Prime Minister Ana Brnabić |
| January 2020 | Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development Mladen SARCEVIC |
| June 2024 | Minister of Domestic and Foreign Trade Tomislav Momirović, Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation Jelena Begović, Minister of Economy Adrijana Mesarović |
| February 2025 | Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Jelena Žarić Kovačević |
| June 2025 | First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Siniša MALI, Minister of Domestic and Foreign Trade Jagoda LAZAREVIĆ |