President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito officially visited Libya on three occasions in 1970, 1977 and 1979. King Idris of Libya visited Yugoslavia between 8–21 August 1969 while Colonel Muammar Gaddafi visited Yugoslavia during President Tito's lifetime in 1973, 1977 and 1978. Cordial relations between the two countries eventually evolved into a military trade in which Libya became a prime client for Yugoslav weapons and among other equipment bought 116 Yugoslav made ‘Galeb G2’ jet planes. Significant economic cooperation developed in other non-military fields with number of Yugoslav companies and workers working in Libya. Direct flights between Sarajevo–Belgrade–Tripoli run approximately 2 or 3 times per week. Despite being a European socialist state with the closest relations with the United States, Yugoslavia strongly condemned the 1986 United States bombing of Libya.