Embassy of the United Kingdom, Belgrade

Coordinates:44°48′12″N20°27′35″E/ 44.80328°N 20.45966°E/44.80328; 20.45966
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British Embassy, Belgrade
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LocationSerbiaBelgrade,Serbia
AddressResavska 46. Belgrade 11000. Serbia
Coordinates44°48′12″N20°27′35″E/ 44.80328°N 20.45966°E/44.80328; 20.45966
AmbassadorSian MacLeod
WebsiteBritish Embassy, Belgrade

TheEmbassy of the United KingdominBelgradeis the chiefdiplomatic missionof theUnited KingdominSerbia.

The Embassy is located at Resavska 46.[1]

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

The Embassy also represents theBritish Overseas Territoriesin Serbia.

History[edit]

British Embassy, Belgrade, taken in 1982.

The original Britishlegationhouse 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[edit]

During visit of YugoslavPresident Titoto 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 afterElsie 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 SerbiaTomislav Nikolicand then UK AmbassadorDenis Keefe. [4][5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"British Embassy Belgrade".FCDO.Retrieved6 January2022.
  2. ^"Sian MacLeod".FCDO.Retrieved5 January2022.
  3. ^ab"Serbia: Belgrade".Room for Diplomacy Catalogue of British embassy and consulate buildings, 1800 – 2010.24 March 2016.Retrieved6 January2022.
  4. ^"British Residence in Belgrade named after Elsie Inglis".Gov.UK.Retrieved6 January2022.
  5. ^"Serbia honours life of war doctor Elsie Inglis".Edinburgh Evening News.17 March 2015.Retrieved17 March2015.


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