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Burundi–Yugoslavia relations

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Burundi-Yugoslavia relations
Map indicating locations of Yugoslavia and Burundi

Yugoslavia

Burundi

Burundi and the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were both members of the Non-Aligned Movement and they developed their relations in the framework of the Cold War Third World cooperation.

Yugoslavia recognized the independence of the Kingdom of Burundi in 1962.[1] Yugoslavia was one of the first countries in the world to recognize the independence of Burundi.[2] Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were established already in 1962.[3] Two countries signed the Agreement on Technical Cooperation on 21 January 1971 which enabled an exchange of experts and scientists between Yugoslavia and Burundi and enabled trade in convertible currencies.[4] Yugoslavia maintained an embassy in Bujumbura.[5][6]

In the last decade of the 20th-century, both countries experienced ethnic violence which escalated in Burundian Civil War and Yugoslav Wars.[7] Ethnic violence and war in Yugoslavia, combined with the collapse of the central federal institutions led to the breakup of the country.

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References

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  1. ^ "Унапређење сарадње са Републиком Бурунди". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ "President thanks Burundi for revoking Kosovo recognition". B92. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. ^ Radina Vučetić; Pol Bets; Radovan Cukić; Ana Sladojević (2017). Tito u Africi: slike solidarnosti (PDF). Museum of Yugoslavia. ISBN 978-86-84811-45-7.
  4. ^ Šaranović, M. (1974). Yugoslavia, Your Economic Partner. Jugoslavijapublik.
  5. ^ John Paxton, ed. (1973). "Yugoslavia". The Statesman’s Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1973–1974. Palgrave Macmillan, London. pp. 1490–1498. ISBN 978-0-230-27102-9.
  6. ^ Directory of Officials of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 7-8. Central Intelligence Agency. 1983. p. 139.
  7. ^ Turton, David (1997). "War and ethnicity: Global connections and local violence in North East Africa and former Yugoslavia". Oxford Development Studies. 25 (1): 77–94. Retrieved 20 February 2021.