Political relations
Our bilateral relations and cooperation are future-oriented and focused on strengthening mutual dialogue and trust, preserving peace and stability, developing economic cooperation, enhancing infrastructure connectivity, strengthening people-to-people ties between our countries, pursuing a shared European perspective, and advancing regional integration. The Republic of Serbia maintains well-developed relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, both with the state as a whole and with its entities – Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Republic of Serbia is a signatory to and guarantor of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which constitutes the backbone of stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A joint session of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina was held in Sarajevo on 4 November 2015. The then President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, paid a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2 to 4 August 2026, which included visits to locations in both Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In April 2024, the then President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, visited the Mostar International Economic Fair, during which the direct Belgrade–Mostar air route was inaugurated. Cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and Republika Srpska, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is highly developed. Extensive cooperation is pursued in accordance with the 2006 Agreement on Special Parallel Relations between the Republic of Serbia and Republika Srpska, as well as the Declaration on the Protection of the National and Political Rights and the Common Future of the Serbian People, adopted at the All-Serbian Assembly in June 2024.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed its participation in EXPO 2027. Bosnia and Herzegovina has not recognized the unilaterally declared independence of the so-called Kosovo. Relations are to some extent affected by differing interpretations of historical events, particularly those surrounding the conflicts of the 1990s. The Republic of Serbia has consistently advocated, and continues to advocate, overcoming tensions and building relations based on mutual respect.
Economic relations
Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the most important foreign trade partners of Serbia, and mutual trade in goods is constantly on the increase.
According to the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, total trade in goods with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025 amounted to EUR 3.28 billion, of which exports from the Serbia accounted for EUR 2.05 billion, while imports amounted to EUR 1.23 billion.
Companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina investing into Serbia include: Integral inženjering from Banja Luka with investments into Komgram with 8.7 million euros, and investing into the companies Obuća from Mali Zvornik, Simfoni from Belgrade, Duo farma Priboj and Frukta trejd kort from Novi Sad.
According to data from B&H sources, on 31 December 2018 Serbia was in third place regarding investments of 2025 million euros. During 2019 direct investments from Serbia to Bosnia and Herzegovina amounted to 16.8 million euros, while during the first nine months of 2020 they amounted to 10.8 million euros. Companies from Serbia investing the most into Bosnia and Herzegovina include: Telekom Srbija (646 million), Delta maksi (over 100), Hemofarm (27.1), Komercijalna banka (10) and Komtrejd (10).
Bilateral agreements
A total of 106 agreements have been signed between the Republic of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of which 35 are agreements with the entities: 34 with Republika Srpska and one international agreement with the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The five key agreements are (in chronological order):
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Agreement on incentives and protection of investments between FR Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, signed on 18 December 2001,
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Agreement establishing special parallel relations between the Republic of Serbia and Republika Srpska, signed on 26 September 2006,
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Agreement between the Republic of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on mutual representation and provision of consular protection and services in third countries, 14 March 2012,
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Protocol on cooperation in the search for missing persons between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, signed on 31 May 2016,
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Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on cooperation in protection from natural and other disasters, signed on 13 December 2010.
Contact information
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Bosnia and Herzegovina: http://sarajevo.mfa.gov.rs/
Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republic of Serbia http://www.mvp.gov.ba/ambasade_konzulati_misije/ambasade_konzulati_i_stalne_misije_bih/DIPL_KONZ_PREST/SRBIJA/?id=6958
Contact at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia: Department for Neighbouring Countries and South-Eastern Europe: telephone: +381 11 306 8280, e-mail: osz@mfa.rs