2022140 Years of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Guatemala - Sheetlets

During the 19th century, at a time when the young Serbian constitutional monarchy, the Principality of Serbia, was making great strides towards its complete independence from the Ottoman Empire, the country in Central America, between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Guatemala was fighting its own battles for independence from colonialism. The outcome of turbulent events on European soil and the South American continent during the nineteenth century, the general civilizational progress of mankind, progress in the economy, culture, education, resulted in the creation of new states in Europe and South America. Guatemala became an independent state in 1839, and diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1882.