Official name: |
REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA |
Governmental system: |
Republic |
Head of State: |
Alexander Van der Bellen |
Prime Minister/Chancellor: |
Sebastian Kurz |
Minister of Foreign Affairs: |
Karin Kneissl |
Date of establishing diplomatic relations: |
1874
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Political relations:
Visits of Serbian officials to the Republic of Austria:
- President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic paid a visit to Austria on 1 - 2 February 2018.
- Former Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin paid a visit to Austria on 5-6 October 2017.
- First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic paid a visit to Austria on 8-9 June 2017.
- Former Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin paid a visitto Austria on 27 April 2017.
Visits of Austrian officials to the Republic of Serbia:
- Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Karin Kneissl met in Belgrade аду with Prime Minister Ana Bmabic on 28 March 2018.
- Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for the Civil Service and Sport Heinz-Christian Strache visited Serbia on 11-12 February 2018.
- Former Federal Chancellor Christian Kern took part in the Inauguration of the president of the Republic of Serbia on 23 June 2017.
- Former Federal Chancellor Christian Kern paid a visit to Serbia on 17 February 2017.
- Former Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz visited Serbia on 8-9 February 2016 and on 13 February 2017.
Economic relations:
The economic cooperation is very good. Austria is one of the largest investors in the Serbian economy. There are more than 800 Austrian companies operating in Serbia, which brought not only investments, but also created jobs for 20 thousand workers. The volume of the foreign trade in 2017 was EUR 997.8 million, out of which exports amounted to EUR 401.9 million, and imports to EUR 595.5 million.
Bilateral agreements