Political relations
Political relations are traditionally close and friendly.
In 2016, the former President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, awarded the Medal of the Republic of Serbia to the President of Zimbabwe at the time, Robert Mugabe.
Former Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dačić, in the capacity of an emissary of the President of the Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, attended the state funeral of the former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, on 14 September 2019. The Speaker of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, Jacob Mudenda, and the President of the Senate, Mabel Chinomona, participated in the 141th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which was held in Belgrade in October 2019.
Economic relations
According to data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, total trade in goods with the Republic of Zimbabwe in 2025 amounted to EUR 2.1 million, of which exports from the Republic of Serbia accounted for EUR 88 thousand and imports for EUR 2.0 million.
Bilateral agreements
Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Federal Executive Council of the Assembly of SFRY and the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe
Signature date: 16 April 1981
Contact information
Embassy of the Republic Serbia in Pretoria, which is also a non-residential Embassy to Zimbabwe: http://www.pretoria.mfa.gov.rs/
Contact information of the competent department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Department for Africa and Middle East, phone: +381 11 306 8254, e-mail: ozabi@mfa.rs