Palestine–Serbia relations Embassy of Palestine to Serbia in the capital Belgrade, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, and a number of Arab Ambassadors and the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Serbia, Mohammad Nabhan. Tomislav Nikolić, President of the Republic of Serbia, visited Palestine at the invitation of President Abu Mazen on 1 May 2013. Palestine is very strongly against the independence of Kosovo. In February 2008, two senior Palestinian officials representing the Mahmoud Abbas West Bank-controlling government, who also are part of the team negotiating with Israel, disagreed on what the Kosovo events
Fatah fighting, and two days later Arafat and Hussein agreed to a series of ceasefires. The Jordanian army inflicted heavy casualties upon the Palestinians – including civilians – who suffered approximately 3,500 fatalities. Two thousand Fatah fighters managed to enter Syria. They crossed the border into Lebanon to join Fatah forces in that country, where they set up their new headquarters. A large group of guerrilla fighters led by Fatah field commander Abu Ali Iyad held out the Jordanian Army's offensive in the northern city of Ajlun until they were decisively defeated in July 1971. Abu Ali Iyad was executed and