Serbia

French presence

French community: 1,815 French people (70% of whom were binationals) were registered in July 2019. The number of French tourists visiting Serbia is increasing, with 30,000 visiting in 2017.

Serbian community in France: 48,819 Serbs were registered in France in 2012

Visits

• 2-3 March 2023: visit to France by Ms Tanja Miščević, Serbian Minister of European Integration
• 28-29 November 2022: visit to France by Ms Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia
• 24-26 November 2022: visit to Serbia by Mr Gérard Larcher, President of the French Senate
• 10-12 November 2022: visit to France by Mr Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia, for the Paris Peace Forum
• 20-22 June 2022: visit to France by Mr Aleksandar Vulin, Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs
• 12-16 June 2022: visit to France by Mr Nebojša Stefanović, Serbian Minister of Defence
• 23-27 May 2022: visit to France by Ms Maja Gojković, Serbian Minister of Culture and Information
• 11 February 2022: visit to France by Ms Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia
• 16-17 December 2021: visit to France by Mr Nikola Selaković, Serbian Foreign Minister
• 16-18 June 2021: visit to France by Ms Maja Gojković, Serbian Minister of Culture and Information
• 1-3 February 2021: visit to France by the Serbian Finance Minister, Mr Siniša Mali, and Serbian Transport Minister, Mr Tomislav Momirović
• 1 February 2021: visit to France by the President of Serbia, Mr Aleksandar Vučić
• 25-26 November 2020: visit to Serbia by the Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, Mr Franck Riester
• 9 July 2020: visit to France by the President of Serbia, Mr Aleksandar Vučić
• 12-13 December 2019: visit to Serbia by the Minister for the Armed Forces, Ms Florence Parly
• 11-12 November 2019: the President of Serbia, Mr Aleksandar Vučić, took part in the Paris Peace Forum
• 15-16 July 2019: official visit to Serbia by the President of the French Republic, Mr Emmanuel Macron
• 25 February 2019: visit to Serbia by the Minister for European Affairs, Ms Nathalie Loiseau
• 11 November 2018: the President of Serbia, Mr Aleksandar Vučić, took part in the 11 November ceremonies
• 17 July 2018: visit to France by the President of the Republic of Serbia, Mr Aleksandar Vučić
• 12 April 2018: visit to Serbia by the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian
• 20 February 2018: visit to France by the Serbian Foreign Minister, Mr Ivica Dačić
• 14/16 September 2016: visit to France by the Prime Minister, Mr Aleksandar Vučić
• November 2014: visit to Serbia by the French Prime Minister, Mr Manuel Valls

Ambassadors

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Serbia to France: Ms Nataša Marić

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Serbia: Mr Pierre Cochard

Cultural, scientific and technical cooperation

Our cooperation supports a plan to revive the study of French in the education system, develops inter-university exchanges, training programmes for cultural professions and promotes research programmes between laboratories. The French School in Belgrade currently has over 500 students, at all school levels. The mobility of Serbian students and researchers towards France is a key priority for our embassy in Serbia.

For additional information, visit:

• Institut Français in Serbia (Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad)

Other cooperation

Cooperation between France and Serbia is active in many fields (support for European integration, administrative reform, defence and the environment) and in particular draws on the presence of three French international technical experts, a number which will increase. Security cooperation is strong, with enhanced cooperation in policing, judicial investigations and the fight against trafficking. An inter-ministerial centre for security expertise in south-eastern Europe was set up in Belgrade in 2012.