In 1999, Portugal participated in theNATO bombing of Yugoslavia from theAviano Air Base inItaly.[3] Portugal also provided troops as part of NATO peacekeeping efforts in the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo in 1999.[4] That same year Serbia filed a complaint with theInternational Court of Justice regarding Portugal's (and all the other member countries of NATO) use of force in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[5]
In December 1997, President of the Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSlobodan Milosević received Portuguese Foreign MinisterJaime Gama, to discuss strengthening bilateral relations.[6]
In November 2003,Serbia and Montenegro PresidentSvetozar Marović visited Portugal. During this visit he signed an agreement on the succession of Bilateral Agreements between the SFR of Yugoslavia and Portugal, extending prior agreements on tourism, business, scientific and technological cooperation.
In July 2005 Portuguese Minister of DefenseLuís Amado visited Serbia and Montenegro, where he discussed military cooperation with his Serbo-Montenegrin counterpart.[8]
In May 2007 Portuguese Foreign Minister Luís Amado gave strong support for Serbian ambitions to join the European Union.
In October 2008, Portugal recognized Kosovo's independence from Serbia.
In November 2008, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luís Amado met with his Serbian counterpartVuk Jeremić in Belgrade and voiced his support for removing the suspension of a trade agreement between Serbia and the European Union.[10] Also that month, the Serbian Minister of Science and Technological Development met a Portuguese delegation and discussed cooperation in energy efficiency, nanotechnology and the food industry, with plans to sign a Cooperation Agreement on Science and Technology by the end of 2008.[11]
In February 2009, Serbian Defence MinisterDragan Šutanovac met with his Portuguese counterpartNuno Severiano Teixeira. They signed an agreement on defense cooperation and discussed potential Serbia's NATO membership bid.[12][13]
In June 2009, Serbian Prime MinisterMirko Cvetković met with Portuguese parliamentary speakerJaime Gama and discussed improvements to bilateral cooperation.
Trade between two countries amounted to$157 million in 2023; Serbia's merchandise export to Portugal were about $46 million; Portuguese exports were standing at roughly $111 million.[14]
