Political relations
Bilateral relations are good, although underdeveloped. There is potential for establishing and enhancing cooperation, particularly in the economic sphere.
Then First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić paid a bilateral visit to Sierra Leone on 2 March 2020, at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone. A video meeting between the two foreign ministers was subsequently held on 14 August 2020.
Then Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selaković met with then Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone David Francis on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 19 September 2022.
Then First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić met with his Sierra Leonean counterpart at the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Venezuela in September 2016 and at the Francophonie Summit in November 2017.
Then Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivan Mrkić met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone on the sidelines of the Community of Democracies Ministerial Conference in Ulaanbaatar in May 2013.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone visited Belgrade for the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in September 2011, where she held talks with the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia.
Economic relations
In the period from January to August 2026, total foreign trade amounted to USD 172,000, with Serbian exports amounting to USD 102,000 and imports to USD 70,000.
In 2025, total foreign trade amounted to USD 501,000, with Serbian exports amounting to USD 354,000 and imports to USD 147,000.
Bilateral agreements
Trade Agreement between the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Sierra Leone
Date of signature: 5 June 1969.
Date of ratification: 11 February 1970.
Memorandum of Understanding on Political Consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Date of signature and entry into force: 2 March 2020.
Agreement on Technical Cooperation
Signed in 1969; entered into force in 1970.
Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education and Science
Signed in 1971; entered into force in 1972.
Contact information
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Abuja, which covers Sierra Leone on a non-residential basis:
https://abuja.mfa.gov.rs
Embassy of Sierra Leone, which covers the Republic of Serbia on a non-residential basis from Moscow, Russian Federation:
https://www.facebook.com/SierraLeoneEmbassyMoscow/
Contact at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia
Responsible political department: Department for Africa and the Middle East
Tel.: +381 11 306 8254
Email: ozabi@mfa.rs
Consular Affairs Department: +381 11 306 8268; +381 11 306 8198
Visa Policy Department: +381 11 306 8585