Yugoslavia–Zambia relations

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Yugoslavia–Zambia relations
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Yugoslavia–Zambia relations were historical foreign relations between now split-up Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Zambia. Relations developed and were focused around shared membership and participation in the Non-Aligned Movement activities. Diplomatic relations between Yugoslavia and Zambia were established on 24 October 1964.[1][2] They reached their peak before and during the 1970 3rd conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries in Lusaka when Yugoslavia provided major logistical and diplomatic support to the relatively recently decolonized Zambia.

History[edit]

1974 Letter by Josip Broz Tito to the President of Zambia

Yugoslav organizations and the Government assisted Zambia's liberation movement morally, politically and financially before the independence.[1] Yugoslav delegation headed by the Federal Executive Council's Vice-President Aleksandar Grličkov attended the formal proclamation of Zambia's independence on October 24, 1964.[1]

3rd conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries in Lusaka[edit]

After Lusaka was selected to host 3rd conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries the city was faced with major issue of lack of facilities to host the event.[3] Only four months before the event President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda (reluctant to invite companies from Western Bloc) invited Belgrade based construction company Energoprojekt holding asking them to build 4,000-seat convention hall as fast as possible and with price no obstacle.[3] The project was designed and built simultaneously and 115 days after the works started and two weeks ahead of the deadline, the new convention hall was ready for the event.[3] Yugoslav delegation at the conference was led by Croatian diplomat Budimir Lončar.[4] He chaired the Yugoslav document drafting group and provided similar support to Zambian delegation at the preparatory meeting in Tanzania between 13 and 17 April 1970.[4] The host country later even decided to appoint him as a chair to the group which drafted the final document of the conference and the group which provided documents and materials to Zambian delegation.[4] 48 years after the conference, in an interview with Croatian historian Tvrtko Jakovina, commented that "Lusaka [Conference] was mine from A to Ž".[4]

Economic cooperation[edit]

FINDECO House building furthest on the right is prominent example of Yugoslav Modernist architecture in Africa.[5]

Zambia Engineering and Contracting Company Limited (ZECCO), Lusaka-based construction company which employs 170 people full time and has an annual turnover of US$3 million was established in 1965 as a joint venture between the Zambian and Yugoslavian governments.[6] It was originally 65% owned by the Zambian state investment vehicle ZIMCO and 35% owned by Energoprojekt of Yugoslavia.[6]

List of bilateral state visits[edit]

Yugoslav visits to Zambia[edit]

Zambian visits to Yugoslavia[edit]

  • 22-25 May 1964: Kenneth Kaunda[7]
  • September 1965: Kenneth Kaunda[7]
  • June 1967: Kenneth Kaunda[7]
  • October 1969: Kenneth Kaunda[7]
  • 6-12 May 1970: Kenneth Kaunda[7]
  • 1971: Kenneth Kaunda[7]
  • 27-29 September 1974: Kenneth Kaunda[7]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Web materials[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "RELATIONS BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND ZAMBIA". Jugoslovenski Pregled. 12 (1): 131–146. 1971.
  2. ^ Radina Vučetić; Pol Bets; Radovan Cukić; Ana Sladojević (2017). Tito u Africi: slike solidarnosti (PDF). Museum of Yugoslavia. ISBN 978-86-84811-45-7.
  3. ^ a b c Tagliabue, John (28 March 1983). "How a Yugoslav Company Built an International Market". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Perović, Latinka (22 August 2020). "Svedok istorije pred istoričarem, istoričar sa svedokom istorije". Peščanik. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  5. ^ Niebyl, Donald (29 March 2020). "10 Works of Yugoslav Modernist Architecture in Africa & the Middle East". The Spomenik Database. The Spomenik Database. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b Sutton, John; Langmead, Gillian (2013). An Enterprise Map of Zambia (PDF). International Growth Centre. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-907994-10-4.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i R. Radonić, Nemanja (2020). Слика Африке у Југославији (1945-1991) (PDF) (Doctoral Thesis). University of Belgrade. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
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