Political relations
Bilateral relations between the Republic of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Germany are very good. There is an active political dialogue alongside well-developed cooperation in numerous fields, particularly in the economy and culture. Over 250,000 Serbian citizens live in the Federal Republic of Germany, and when taking into account the second and third generations of Serbian emigrants, between 500,000 and 700,000 residents of Serbian origin live in Germany.
The Republic of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Germany maintain an intensive and continuous political dialogue:
Visits and Meetings
Former President of the Republic Aleksandar Vučić spoke with Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the sidelines of the European Political Community (EPC) Summit on October 2, 2025, in Copenhagen.
President Aleksandar Vučić met with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2026.
President Aleksandar Vučić visited Germany on December 10, 2024, where he met with then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz and accompanied him on a visit to a lithium project in Saxony implemented by Zinnwald Lithium.
President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić had talks with then-German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the sidelines of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference on October 7, 2024.
President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić paid a visit to the Federal Republic of Germany on May 4–5, 2022, meeting with then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock.
Then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Belgrade on July 19, 2024, on the occasion of concluding a Memorandum of Understanding on critical raw materials with the EU, where he met with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić. On that occasion, he attended the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Critical Raw Materials between the EU and the Republic of Serbia, as well as a Letter of Intent on developing an e-mobility value chain in the Republic of Serbia, signed among others by the German development bank KfW and Mercedes-Benz.
Then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Belgrade on June 10, 2022, holding talks with President Aleksandar Vučić.
President Aleksandar Vučić met with then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz on October 26, 2023, in Brussels, within the context of the Belgrade–Pristina dialogue. President Vučić had a brief meeting with then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 18, 2024; they also met on the sidelines of the EPC Summit in Granada on October 5, 2023, and at the EPC Summit in Chișinău on June 1, 2023.
President Aleksandar Vučić met with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly in September 2025 in New York.
President Aleksandar Vučić spoke with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2026.
Prime Minister Đuro Macut spoke with Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the sidelines of the Berlin Process Summit in London on October 22, 2025.
Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia Ana Brnabić visited Berlin on October 15–16, 2025, where she addressed the Bundestag Committee on European Union Affairs and held talks with parliamentarians.
Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia Ana Brnabić paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany on July 4, 2024, meeting with former President of the Bundestag Bärbel Bas and holding separate meetings with German business representatives.
Former Prime Minister of Serbia Miloš Vučević participated in the Berlin Process Summit in Berlin on October 14, 2024.
President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić hosted Minister-President of Bavaria Markus Söder in Belgrade on March 15, 2024. In February 2024, President Vučić met with Minister-President of Bavaria Markus Söder, CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz, and CDU MP Johann Wadephul on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
Foreign Minister Marko Đurić spoke with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock on the sidelines of the Berlin Process Foreign Ministers Meeting on October 1, 2024, which was the only bilateral meeting held by the German Foreign Minister with any of the summit's participants.
Former First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić met with Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Tirana on October 6, 2023, on the sidelines of the Berlin Process Foreign Ministers Meeting.
Former Minister of European Integration Tanja Miščević visited Berlin on November 26–27, 2024, June 3–4, 2024, and November 2, 2023, meeting with Minister of State Anna Lührmann and Federal Government Special Representative for the Western Balkans Manuel Sarrazin. Tanja Miščević also visited Berlin on January 17–18, 2023.
As part of the 10th anniversary commemoration of the Berlin Process in Berlin, Minister of Interior Ivica Dačić attended the ministerial meetings (holding a separate meeting with Federal Minister of Interior Nancy Faeser on September 16, 2024), along with former Minister of Internal and Foreign Trade Tomislav Momirović (who held a separate meeting with Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck on September 24, 2024).
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Adrijana Mesarović visited Berlin on April 17, 2026, holding talks with Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Katharina Reiche.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selaković visited Germany in March 2021, holding talks with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas, Bundestag MPs, and representatives of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations.
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul visited the Republic of Serbia on November 17–18, 2025, holding talks with President Aleksandar Vučić and Foreign Minister Marko Đurić.
Then-Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock visited the Republic of Serbia on March 11, 2022, meeting with President Aleksandar Vučić, former Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, and then-Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković.
Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius visited Belgrade on February 7, 2024, where he held talks with President Aleksandar Vučić and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Miloš Vučević.
Federal Minister of Interior Nancy Faeser visited Belgrade on November 28–29, 2023, meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić and former Minister of Interior Bratislav Gašić.
Former Federal Minister of Defence Christine Lambrecht visited Serbia on May 5, 2022, meeting with President Aleksandar Vučić and then-Defense Minister Nebojša Stefanović.
Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office Anna Lührmann visited Belgrade on October 24–25, 2022.
Former Federal Government Special Representative for the Western Balkans Manuel Sarrazin visited Belgrade on several occasions since his appointment in March 2022.
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Jochen Flasbarth visited the Republic of Serbia on August 20–22, 2025, meeting with Foreign Minister Marko Đurić and Minister of European Integration Nemanja Starović, and visiting the "Kostolac" wind farm, a renewable energy project realized under Serbian–German development cooperation.
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Niels Annen visited the Republic of Serbia on May 8, 2026, holding talks with President Aleksandar Vučić and State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nevena Jovanović.
Top-level and high-level meetings between officials of the Republic of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Germany are also regularly held on the sidelines of international gatherings.
Economic Relations
An important characteristic of bilateral relations between the Republic of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Germany is extensive economic cooperation, which is in constant expansion. Germany is Serbia's most significant trade partner, one of its primary foreign investors, and its largest donor.
According to data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS), total trade in goods with the Federal Republic of Germany in 2025 amounted to €9.98 billion, with exports from the Republic of Serbia accounting for €5.09 billion and imports for €4.89 billion.
Bilateral agreements
There are 106 bilateral agreements currently in force.
Contacts
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Berlin: http://berlin.mfa.gov.rs/
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Belgrade: https://belgrad.diplo.de/rs-sr
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Contact: Department for Europe, Tel: +381 11 306 8326 / 8274, Email: oev@mfa.rs