British Embassy, Belgrade
LocationSerbia Belgrade, Serbia
AddressResavska 46. Belgrade 11000. Serbia
Coordinates44°48′12″N 20°27′35″E / 44.80328°N 20.45966°E / 44.80328; 20.45966
AmbassadorSian MacLeod
WebsiteBritish Embassy, Belgrade

The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Belgrade is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Serbia.

The Embassy is located at Resavska 46.[1]

Sian MacLeod has been the British Ambassador to Serbia since September 2019.[2]

The Embassy also represents the British Overseas Territories in Serbia.

History

British Embassy, Belgrade, taken in 1982.

The original British legation house in Belgrade was located 22 Gracanicka Ulica however as the importance of the mission grew and the volume of consular and commercial activity it outgrew its building. The embassy move into leased space at No. 42 in the same street in the mid-1930s. After the Second World War this building was again thoroughly overcrowded. In 1951, the adjacent site at No. 44, was bought from the Serbian government. The lease on No. 42 was given up in the late-1970s.[3] The current Embassy is located at Resavska 46.

Ambassador's residence

During visit of Yugoslav President Tito to Britain in 1953 the foreign secretary, Sir Anthony Eden, spoke to him about the British Embassy's accommodation needs in Belgrade and, as a result, the Yugoslav government offered a site for a new residence, which was accepted in 1955. [3]

The British Ambassador's residence in Belgrade, “Elsie Inglis House”, is named after Elsie Inglis, a Doctor and campaigner for women's suffrage and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals in Serbia. The renaming ceremony took place on International Women's Day in 2015 and was conducted by the President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic and then UK Ambassador Denis Keefe. [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "British Embassy Belgrade". FCDO. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sian MacLeod". FCDO. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Serbia: Belgrade". Room for Diplomacy Catalogue of British embassy and consulate buildings, 1800 – 2010. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "British Residence in Belgrade named after Elsie Inglis". Gov.UK. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Serbia honours life of war doctor Elsie Inglis". Edinburgh Evening News. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.


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