Switzerland–Yugoslavia relations (German: Beziehungen Schweiz–Jugoslawien; French: Relations entre la Suisse et la Yougoslavie;
Italian: Relazioni tra Svizzera e Jugoslavia; Serbian: Односи Швајцарска-Југославија; Croatian: Odnosi Švicarska i Jugoslavije; Slovene: Odnosi med Švica in Jugoslavijo; Macedonian: Односите Швајцарија-Југославија) were historical foreign relations between Switzerland and now broken upYugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918–1941 and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945–1992). Switzerland established diplomatic relations with the Yugoslavia in 1919.[1] A Swiss legation was established in Belgrade in 1940, which was upgraded to an embassy in 1957.
Economic cooperation
Between 1928 and early 1960's trade between the two countries represented a typical example of trade between developed (Switzerland) and developing (Yugoslavia) country in which Yugoslavia exported its natural resources and imported industrial products and equipments.[2] In 1972 Yugoslavia was Switzerland's 24th import and 18th export partner while Switzerland was Yugoslavia's 9th import and 14th export partner.[2] In 1960 71% of Yugoslav export to Switzerland was natural resources while in 1970 it constituted 51% and in 1975 they dropped to 37% of the total export.[2]
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