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Democratic Republic of the Congo–Yugoslavia relations were historical foreign relations betweenCongo-Léopoldville orZaire (modern dayDemocratic Republic of the Congo) and nowsplit-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1961, and the two maintained embassies in each other's capitals.[1]
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In 1885 Belgian King Leopold II appointed the Serb Kosta Dinić to serve as both a doctor and judge in theCongo Free State.[2] He later wrote hisLetters from the Congo.[2]
Both Yugoslavia and DC Congo were active members of theNon-Aligned Movement during theCold War. TheCongo Crisis was one of the central issues at the time of the establishment of the movement and its first Belgrade conference. During the 15th session of theUnited Nations General Assembly non-aligned countries fromAfrica andAsia together with Yugoslavia repeatedly initiated discussion on the situation in Congo.[3] Following the execution ofPatrice Lumumba, Congo's first democratically elected prime minister, demonstrations started in Yugoslav capitalBelgrade which escalated in ransacking of the Belgian Embassy.[4] At the second 1964 Non-Aligned Conference inCairo Yugoslav delegation opposed active participation (and entrance to the conference room) of thePrime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the CongoMoïse Tshombe due to his role in Lumumba's execution.[5] As Lumumba was perceived as a symbol ofDecolonisation of Africa Tshombe was despised by most of African delegations as well.[5] Yugoslav delegation's view was supported by thePresident of AlgeriaAhmed Ben Bella,President of Egypt and hostGamal Abdel Nasser andPrime Minister of Sri LankaSirimavo Bandaranaike.[5]
To accommodate rising numbers of students at theUniversity of Belgrade authorities opened the Student Dormitory Patris Lumumba in 1961, the name kept up until today (as of 2021).[6]
At the1974 FIFA World CupYugoslavia national football team achieved one of its best score by beating theDR Congo national football team with the result 9:0.[7] On 21 May 1980 Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yugoslavia, together withTanzania andZambia proposed a draft resolution to theWorld Health Assembly to extend the assistance in the health sector to the newly independentRepublic of Zimbabwe which was affected by the consequences of theZimbabwe War of Liberation.[8] At the time of thebreakup of Yugoslavia Zaire, together with Zimbabwe, tried to lobby of behalf of the rumpFederal Republic of Yugoslavia yet their efforts led to limited or no success in the situation of internationalunipolarity and condemnation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia involvement inBosnian War andCroatia.
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