Official name
REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
Form of government
Republic
Capital
Gaborone
Date of establishment of bilateral relations
1970

Political relations

Bilateral relations are traditionally good and friendly. As part of its anti-colonial policy, SFRY has supported Botswana’s struggle for independence from the very beginning.

The previous President of the Republic T. Nikolić awarded the President of Botswana at the time I. Kama with the Order of the Republic of Serbia on a Ribbon in 2016.

Economic relations

During 2020 exports from the Republic of Serbia to Botswana amounted to 15,000 euros, while there were no imports registered from Botswana.

Bilateral agreements

  • Agreement on trade and economic cooperation between the Government of SFRY and the Republic of Botswana, date of signing: 10 May 1977

Contact information

Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Pretoria covering Botswana on a non-residential basis: http://www.pretoria.mfa.gov.rs/

Embassy of Botswana in the United Kingdom covering the Republic of Serbia on a non-residential basis: https://www.facebook.com/BotswanaHighCommissionUnitedKingdom/

Contact information of the competent department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Department for Africa and the Middle East, tel. +381 11 306 8254, e-mail: ozabi@mfa.rs