Serbia and the United Arab Emirates maintain diplomatic relations established between SFR Yugoslavia and United Arab Emirates in 1971.

Air Serbia, national flag carrier and largest airline of Serbia: in 2013, Jat Airways and Etihad Airways entered strategic partnership, and under the agreement, Etihad acquired a 49% stake and management rights for a period of five years,[1] while the Serbian government retain the remaining 51% and hold five of nine seats at the Supervisory board of the company.

[2] Jat Airways was reorganized and renamed to Air Serbia in October 2013 and launched its first inaugural flight under its new name on October 26, 2013, from Belgrade to Abu Dhabi.

The Belgrade Waterfront project includes a 180 m tall skyscraper (the "Belgrade Tower") and a big shopping mall to be built along the right side of the Sava river.

Between 2.5 to 2.8 billion euros are to be invested by the Emirati Eagle Hills real-estate development company.