A fellow Non Aligned Movement leader, close ally and friend of Mrs Bandaranaike was the Yugoslav President Marshal Josep Broz Tito with whom she had shared many international platforms and worked together to achieve the goals of NAM. His death in May 1980 resulted in Mrs Bandaranaike flying to Belgrade to pay her last respects. During Mrs Bandaranaike illnesses, Marshal Tito had offered facilities in Yugoslavia and the two leaders had developed a strong bond of friendship.