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dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-03-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Target</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Galip_Balkar" title="Galip Balkar">Galip Balkar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Assassination</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data">Guns</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Injured</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrators</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Justice_Commandos_of_the_Armenian_Genocide" title="Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide">Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Assailants</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Harutyun Krikor Levonian</li><li>Alexander Elbekyan</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motive</th><td class="infobox-data">Political (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Galip_Balkar" title="Galip Balkar">Galip Balkar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkish</a> <a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">ambassador</a> to <a href="/wiki/SFRY" class="mw-redirect" title="SFRY">Yugoslavia</a>, was assassinated on 9 March 1983 in downtown <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, capital of Yugoslavia.<sup id="cite_ref-book_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died two days later as a consequence. The responsibility for the attack was taken by the <a href="/wiki/Justice_Commandos_of_the_Armenian_Genocide" title="Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide">Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide</a> (JCAG), an <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> militant group. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assassination">Assassination</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Galip_Balkar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Assassination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> gunmen opened fire with small <a href="/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm">firearms</a><sup id="cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp_mar_10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the ambassador's car, which stopped for a red light at a major downtown intersection in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp_mar_10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balkar, 47, and his <a href="/wiki/Chauffeur" title="Chauffeur">chauffeur</a> Kaya Necet were wounded, the condition of the ambassador being critical.<sup id="cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp_mar_10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two assailants then attempted to run away from the scene, and killed a Yugoslav student, Željko Milivojević, who tried to prevent their escape.<sup id="cite_ref-yna_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yna-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two Yugoslav security agents in the area chased them and shots were exchanged.<sup id="cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp_mar_10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gunmen wounded one of the agents, Slobodan Brajević. Another shot aimed at Brajević had ricocheted off a wall and slightly wounded an office worker, Zorica Solotić.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The attackers were arrested and identified as Harutyun Krikor Levonian and Alexander Elbekyan.<sup id="cite_ref-yna_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yna-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had arrived in Yugoslavia from <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a> on 6–7 March and both held <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanese</a> passports.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Levonian, seriously wounded, was caught shortly after the attack, and Elbekyan eight hours later. The same day, an anonymous caller to <i>The <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> took responsibility for the attack on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Justice_Commandos_of_the_Armenian_Genocide" title="Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide">Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide</a>, a militant organization that was blamed for at least a dozen attacks on Turkish targets from 1975 to 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp_mar_10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Callers to other news outlets in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> and Beirut also said the Justice Commandos had carried out the assault. The messages said the shooting was intended to draw the world's attention to what the group called "the national problem of the Armenian people."<sup id="cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp_mar_10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Galip Balkar died on 11 March<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt_2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Neurosurgical" class="mw-redirect" title="Neurosurgical">neurosurgical</a> clinic in Belgrade where he was in critical condition after emergency surgery for two bullet wounds one in the head, the other through the right shoulder to the spine. Following the news of the death, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Presidency_of_Yugoslavia" title="President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia">President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia</a> <a href="/wiki/Petar_Stambolic" class="mw-redirect" title="Petar Stambolic">Petar Stambolic</a> sent a telegram to Turkish President <a href="/wiki/Kenan_Evren" title="Kenan Evren">Kenan Evren</a> expressing his most sincere condolences. <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of Yugoslavia">Prime minister of Yugoslavia</a> <a href="/wiki/Milka_Planinc" title="Milka Planinc">Milka Planinc</a> and Foreign Secretary <a href="/wiki/Lazar_Mojsov" title="Lazar Mojsov">Lazar Mojsov</a> also sent messages of condolence to their Turkish counterparts.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balkars body was flown to <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a> aboard a special aircraft and the funeral was held there on the 15 March.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commenting on the events, Yugoslav news agency <a href="/wiki/Tanjug" title="Tanjug">Tanjug</a> emphasized the deep indignation evoked throughout Yugoslavia by the assassination attempt and Yugoslavia's condemnation of terrorism.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balkar's death brought to 26 the number of Turks slain in the previous 10 years. More than 300 people had been wounded and 35 others killed since the mid-70s. Only days prior to the shooting, <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Greece" title="Armenians in Greece">Greek Armenians</a> were quoted in the Athenian newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Akropolis_(newspaper)" title="Akropolis (newspaper)">Akropolis</a></i> as saying, "we are going to bring Turkey to her knees by shooting her best diplomats.” Turkey called on Western governments for help in preventing attacks on Turkish diplomats by radical Armenian groups.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 April 1983, the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Patriarch_of_Istanbul" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul">Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul</a> appealed to Armenians around the world to fight against "those Armenians who have made a black stain on the race." Patriarch <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shnork_Kaloustian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shnork Kaloustian (page does not exist)">Shnork Kaloustian</a> and other Armenian religious and lay leaders took part in a march to the central <a href="/wiki/Taksim_Square" title="Taksim Square">Taksim Square</a>, where they observed a minute's silence in memory of the 26 Turkish diplomats and aides killed by Armenian <a href="/wiki/Extremist" class="mw-redirect" title="Extremist">extremists</a> in the previous decade.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 17, 1983, by order of the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Yugoslavia" title="Presidency of Yugoslavia">Presidency of Yugoslavia</a>, Galip Balkar was posthumously awarded the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Yugoslav_Flag&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of the Yugoslav Flag (page does not exist)">Order of the Yugoslav Flag with Ribbon</a>. The decision to award the decoration stated that "Ambassador Balkar, in his short diplomatic mission to Yugoslavia, made an important contribution to the development and advancement of friendly relations between Turkey and Yugoslavia."<sup id="cite_ref-bbc3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trial_and_sentence">Trial and sentence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Galip_Balkar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Trial and sentence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Belgrade <a href="/wiki/Public_Prosecutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Prosecutor">Public Prosecutor</a> charged Harutyun Krikor Levonian (23) and Rafi Alexander Elbekian (21), of Beirut, with <a href="/wiki/Assassination" title="Assassination">assassination</a> of Balkar and attempt to kill Kaya Necet. In addition to this, the <a href="/wiki/Bill_of_indictment" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill of indictment">bill of indictment</a> charged Levonian with having, after the assassination of the Turkish ambassador, tried to kill retired <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_People%27s_Army" title="Yugoslav People's Army">Yugoslav People's Army</a> Brajović, who was blocking his escape. It also charged Elbekian with the murder of Milivojević, who tried to capture the assassin. It was established that Levonian and Elbekian arrived in Belgrade with the task set by JCAG. As the first accused, Levonian, was in a special health condition as a consequence of his wound and that Elbekian was a junior adult, the two were not sentenced to death. They were defended by <a href="/wiki/Sr%C4%91a_Popovi%C4%87_(lawyer)" title="Srđa Popović (lawyer)">Srđa Popović</a>, a leading Yugoslav lawyer who worked in Belgrade.<sup id="cite_ref-yna_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yna-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Levonian and Elbekian were sentenced to 20 years of <a href="/wiki/Imprisonment" title="Imprisonment">imprisonment</a> each on 9 March 1984, exactly one year after the incident. The Court ruled that after they have served the sentences they would be expelled from Yugoslavia. It was established that Levonian killed the ambassador and seriously wounded Brajović, while Elbekian seriously wounded the driver, and trying to escape from the scene of the crime, killed Milivojević. Stojan Miletić, Deputy Public Prosecutor of <a href="/wiki/SR_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="SR Serbia">SR Serbia</a>, stressed that the harshness of the sentences corresponded to the gravity of the criminal acts.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a statement from the "Central Committee of Solidarity with Armenian Prisoners" in Athens, Harutyun Levonian was released by the Yugoslav authorities in June 1987. Although the statement did not elaborate on the reasons for his release, officials in the Greek capital had hinted that he might have been released on medical grounds: he was wounded when security guards returned the fire and subsequently became paralyzed after a <a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">stroke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He now lives in Yerevan under the name of Antranik Boghossian.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Galip_Balkar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Turkish_diplomats_assassinated_by_Armenian_militant_organisations" title="List of Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian militant organisations">List of Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian militant organisations</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Galip_Balkar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://books.google.com/books?id=55BZmIJ9xd8C&dq=Assassination+of+Turkish+ambassador+in+Yugoslavia&pg=PA53">Terrorist Group Profiles</a>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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Aug 1989, p. 53</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wp_mar_10-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wp_mar_10_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gunmen Wound Turkish Envoy to Belgrade. The Washington Post. March 10, 1983, Thursday, Final Edition</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-yna-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-yna_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-yna_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-yna_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Assassins of Turkish ambassador indicted. Yuqoslav News Agency. September 14, 1983, Wednesday</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bbc_1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_1_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_1_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_1_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_1_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_1_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Assassination of Turkish Ambassador to Yugoslavia. BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. March 14, 1983, Saturday</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt_2-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt_2_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/12/world/around-the-world-turk-dies-in-belgrade-two-gunmen-held.html">Turk Dies in Belgrade; Two Gunmen Held</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190425073054/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/12/world/around-the-world-turk-dies-in-belgrade-two-gunmen-held.html">Archived</a> 2019-04-25 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> The New York Times. March 12, 1983</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/17/world/turks-ask-for-help-in-fighting-armenian-attacks.html">Turks Ask for Help in Fighting Armenian Attacks</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190425073048/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/17/world/turks-ask-for-help-in-fighting-armenian-attacks.html">Archived</a> 2019-04-25 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. The New York Times. April 17, 1983, Sunday, Late City Final Edition</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bbc3-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bbc3_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yugoslavia's posthumous award for Turkish Ambassador. BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. March 19, 1983, Saturday</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bbc2-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bbc2_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Armenian defendants appeal to Serbian Supreme Court. BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. October 5, 1984, Friday</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bbc4-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bbc4_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Killer of Turkish Ambassador reported freed in Yugoslavia. BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. June 6, 1987, Saturday</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDe_Waal2015" class="citation book cs1">De Waal, Thomas (2015). <i>Great catastrophe : Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide</i>. 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title="Ethiopia–Yugoslavia relations">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabon%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Gabon–Yugoslavia relations">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Ghana–Yugoslavia relations">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Libya–Yugoslavia relations">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Morocco–Yugoslavia relations">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Nigeria–Yugoslavia relations">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic–Yugoslavia relations">Sahrawi Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Seychelles–Yugoslavia relations">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Sierra Leone–Yugoslavia relations">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Sudan–Yugoslavia relations">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Tanzania–Yugoslavia relations">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Uganda–Yugoslavia relations">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo–Yugoslavia relations">Zaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia%E2%80%93Zambia_relations" title="Yugoslavia–Zambia relations">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia%E2%80%93Zimbabwe_relations" title="Yugoslavia–Zimbabwe relations">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia"><img alt="Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia" 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title="Cuba–Yugoslavia relations">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Guyana–Yugoslavia relations">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Jamaica–Yugoslavia relations">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Mexico–Yugoslavia relations">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Nicaragua–Yugoslavia relations">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peru%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Peru–Yugoslavia relations">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Trinidad and Tobago–Yugoslavia relations">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="United States–Yugoslavia relations">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuela%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Venezuela–Yugoslavia relations">Venezuela</a></li></ul> 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relations">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Iran–Yugoslavia relations">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Iraq–Yugoslavia relations">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Israel–Yugoslavia relations">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Japan–Yugoslavia relations">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Lebanon–Yugoslavia relations">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolia%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Mongolia–Yugoslavia relations">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="North Korea–Yugoslavia relations">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Pakistan–Yugoslavia relations">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Sri Lanka–Yugoslavia relations">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Turkey–Yugoslavia relations">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Vietnam–Yugoslavia relations">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Albania–Yugoslavia relations">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Austria–Yugoslavia relations">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Belgium–Yugoslavia relations">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Bulgaria–Yugoslavia relations">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Cyprus–Yugoslavia relations">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Czechoslovakia–Yugoslavia relations">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Finland–Yugoslavia relations">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="France–Yugoslavia relations">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Germany–Yugoslavia relations">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Germany%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="East Germany–Yugoslavia relations">East Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Greece–Yugoslavia relations">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Holy See–Yugoslavia relations">Holy See</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Hungary–Yugoslavia relations">Hungary</a></li> <li><a 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