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Malta–Yugoslavia relations (Serbian:Односи Малта-Југославија;Croatian:Odnosi Malte i Jugoslavije;Slovene:Odnosi med Malto in Jugoslavijo;Macedonian:Односите Малта-Југославија) were historical foreign relations betweenMalta and nowsplit-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Together withCyprus, both countries belonged to the small group ofEuropean andMediterranean member states of theNon-Aligned Movement during theCold War,[1] group which itself part of the larger group ofneutral and non-aligned European countries. The Non-aligned countries in Europe advocated for relaxation of divisions, rejection of superpowers' spheres of influence and for cooperation of diverse countries on the continent. During theCold War period all three Non-Aligned Euro-Mediterranean countries developed close economic cooperation with theEuropean Economic Community.[2]
The first informal contacts between socialist Yugoslavia and Malta occurred in the final stage of theWorld War II when in 1944 group ofYugoslav Partisans was in Malta for hospital treatment and further military training.[3] Partisans left some of German weapons they took in fight which was subsequently exposed at theNational War Museum atFort Saint Elmo.[3] Due to its commitment to Non-alignment Maltese diplomacy played more prominent role inBelgrade than the country's size or bilateral trade would imply. Malta and Yugoslavia, together with Cyprus, advocated for recognition of European and Mediterranean aspect of Non-alignment. This was perceived as an insistence on the universalist interpretation of the movement and as opposed to exclusively tri-continental proposals (Asia-Africa-Latin America).
During Mintoff's rule in Malta, marked byrelations with Qaddafi's Libya, Yugoslavia remained warm ally of Malta, probably the main one in Europe. President Mintoff was invited by thePrime Minister of YugoslaviaDžemal Bijedić to visit Yugoslavia between 9 and 15 October 1971 where he met president Tito,Edvard Kardelj andMirko Tepavac.[4] Future foreign ministerMichael Frendo wrote his graduate thesis in 1977 on "Workers' self-management: A new concept of the legal structure of the enterprise in Malta and Yugoslavia".[5]
| Common name | Malta | Yugoslavia |
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| Official name | Republic of Malta | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
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| Capital | Valletta | Belgrade |
| Largest city | Valletta | Belgrade |
| Population | 350,000 | 23,229,846 |
| Government | UnitaryMarxist–Leninistone-partysocialist republic | Socialist republic |
| Official languages | English | No official language Serbo-Croatian (de facto state-wide)Slovene (inSlovenia) andMacedonian (inMacedonia) |
| First leader | Boreslaw Bierut | Joseph Broz Tito |
| Last leader | Mieczyslaw Rakowski | Milan Pančevski |
| Religion | Protestant Catholicism (de facto),state atheism (de jure) | Secular state (de jure),state atheism (de facto) |
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