Political relations
Bilateral relations between the Republic of Serbia and the Czech Republic are based on traditional friendship and are characterized by well-developed cooperation in various fields, particularly in the economy, as well as a continuous political dialogue at all levels.
On the sidelines of the GLOBSEC Forum, held in Prague from June 12 to 14, 2025, former President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić met with President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel.
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babiš, accompanied by a business delegation, paid an official visit to the Republic of Serbia on July 22–23, 2026, during which a round table entitled "Serbia–Czech Republic: Business Dialogue and New Opportunities for Economic Cooperation" was held.
Then-Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala paid an official visit to the Republic of Serbia, accompanied by a business delegation, on November 6, 2024. During this visit, a Business Forum was held, and the "Czech House" was officially opened in Belgrade.
Former President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman paid an official visit to the Republic of Serbia on January 29–30, 2023. At the invitation of then-Czech President Miloš Zeman, President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić paid an official visit to the Czech Republic from May 17 to 19, 2021.
Then-President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić met with then-Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala on the sidelines of the European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Chișinău on June 1, 2023.
President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić held a bilateral meeting with former President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman on the sidelines of the first European Political Community Summit in Prague on October 6, 2022.
Then-Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Vladimir Orlić participated in the Conference of Speakers of EU Parliaments in Prague on April 24–25, 2023.
The first bilateral meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Marko Đurić and then-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Lipavský took place on the sidelines of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the "Friends of the Western Balkans" and Western Balkans Foreign Ministers in Göttweig, Austria, on June 21, 2024, as well as in Luxembourg at the end of June last year. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Marko Đurić has officially visited the Czech Republic twice. The first visit was realized at the invitation of then-Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský on July 15, 2024, and the second at the invitation of the current Minister of Foreign Affairs Petr Macinka from April 15 to 17, 2026.
Then-Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský paid a reciprocal visit to the Republic of Serbia on October 10–11, 2024, during which, in addition to meeting his host Foreign Minister Marko Đurić, he was received by President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić.
Then-First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić held a bilateral meeting with then-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Lipavský on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Łódź, Poland, on December 1, 2022.
Then-Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković had a brief meeting with then-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Lipavský on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2022.
Then-Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković held a bilateral meeting with then-Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Jan Lipavský on the sidelines of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on May 16, 2022.
Then-Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dačić paid an official visit to the Czech Republic on August 31 and September 1, 2021.
Then-Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babiš visited the Republic of Serbia on February 10, 2021. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Tomáš Petříček visited the Republic of Serbia on March 30, 2021. Former President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman visited the Republic of Serbia in September 2019. Former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament Radek Vondráček visited the Republic of Serbia in October 2019. Then-Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Ana Brnabić visited the Czech Republic in December 2018. Then-First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić visited the Czech Republic in April 2019. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Martin Dvořák paid a visit to Belgrade on December 5, 2022, during which he held a bilateral meeting with then-First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić. Then-First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Pavel Jaroš visited the Republic of Serbia on June 3, 2021. Political consultations between then-Assistant Minister responsible for European affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Aleš Chmelař and then-Head of the Department for Europe M. Mitić were held in Belgrade on June 28–29, 2021.
Throughout history, the two countries have shared strong cultural, political, and trade ties. Relations between Serbia and the Czech lands date back to the Middle Ages and were intensified during the 19th century, particularly with the Czech National Revival. In the interwar period, Yugoslavia was a key ally of Czechoslovakia through the Little Entente and intensive economic and cultural relations. The value of Serbian–Czech mutual understanding was especially evident during the events in the Czech lands in 1948 and 1968.
Economic relations
There is mutual interest in and space for the improvement of economic cooperation.
According to the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, total trade in goods with Czech Republic in 2025 amounted to EUR 2.4 billion, of which exports from the Serbia accounted for EUR 1.4 billion, while imports amounted to EUR 1.0 billion.
Company Avia Prime bought Jat Tehnika for 10.3 million euros in 2019. MD Investments 2000 bought 4 hectares of building land at Marina Dorćol in Belgrade (the value of the investment is 3.8 billion dinars). Mattoni 1873 and PepsiCo Inc. bought Serbian company Knjaz Miloš in 2019. The Czech PPF Group bought Telenor in the Republic of Serbia (telecommunications and banking) in 2018. In addition, the companies of this mobile operator in Hungary, Bulgaria and Montenegro were also taken over, and the contract on the sale of Telenor’s business in the SEE region is worth 2.8 billion euros. Czechoslovak Group took over the factory 14 October in Kruševac (engineering industry; the value of the investment is 4.1 million euros).
Bilateral agreements
There are 65 bilateral agreements in force, some of which are as follows:
- Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Czech Republic on the Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital (11 November 2004; The Official Gazette of Serbia and Montenegro No. 3/05),
- Agreement on Economic Cooperation between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Czech Republic (20 July 2005; The Official Gazette of Serbia and Montenegro No. 10/2005),
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Czech Republic to the Agreement between the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Government of the Czech Republic on Mutual Promotion and Protection of Investments (4 June 2010; The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia – International Treaties No. 10/10),
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Czech Republic on the Settlement of the Debt of the Republic of Serbia towards the Czech Republic (10 December 2018; The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia – International Treaties No. 5/19),
- Defence Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Czech Republic (11 September 2019).
Contact information
The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Prague (the Czech Republic): https://prague.mfa.gov.rs/.
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Belgrade (Serbia): https://www.mzv.cz/belgrade/sr/index.html.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia – Department for Europe: tel. 00 381 (0) 11 30 68 326, e-mail: oev@mfa.rs.