Foreign relations of Guatemala

• Andorra does not have an accreditation to Guatemala.
• Guatemala is accredited to Andorra from its embassy in Madrid, Spain.

• Argentina has an embassy in Guatemala City.
• Guatemala has an embassy in Buenos Aires.

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 June 1998.

• Azerbaijan is accredited to Guatemala through its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.[6][7]
• Guatemala is accredited to Azerbaijan through its consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.[6][8]

There are four Australia–Guatemala bilateral treaties. Guatemala has an embassy in Canberra, Australia.[9] The Australian embassy in Mexico has consular responsibility for Guatemala.[10] Trade between the two countries is A$32 Million.[11]

Guatemala has a longstanding claim to a large portion of Belize. The territorial dispute caused problems with the United Kingdom and later with Belize following its 1981 independence from the UK. In December 1989, Guatemala sponsored Belize for permanent observer status in the Organization of American States (OAS). In September 1991 Guatemala recognized Belize's independence and established diplomatic ties, while acknowledging that the boundaries remained in dispute. In anticipation of an effort to bring the border dispute to an end in early 1996, the Guatemalan Congress ratified two long-pending international agreements governing frontier issues and maritime rights.

In early 2000 the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry proposed a border settlement that would transfer more than half of Belize's territory to Guatemala. Following a spate of border incidents, both sides agreed during talks under OAS auspices in November 2000 to confidence-building measures to reduce tensions. They followed that with an agreement on opening substantive discussions on the dispute. Both Guatemala and Belize are participating in the confidence-building measures, including the Guatemala-Belize Language Exchange Project.

In September 2010, the Guatemalan Congress overwhelmingly gave its approval for a referendum to be held; giving the people of Guatemala a say in whether or not that country’s claim to Belize should be taken to the International Court of Justice. Under the special agreement (compromise) signed in December 2008 by Belize and Guatemala it was agreed that if the people of both nations approved, by way of a simultaneous referendum on the same day, that the dispute would proceed to the ICJ. The outcome of any ruling handed down by the ICJ will be final and binding, regardless of in whose favor the ruling is handed down.

• Guatemala is accredited to Bolivia from its embassy in Lima, Peru.
• Bolivia is accredited to Guatemala from its embassy in San José, Costa Rica.

• Brazil has an embassy in Guatemala City.
• Guatemala has an embassy in Brasília.

• Canada has an embassy in Guatemala City.[12]
• Guatemala has an embassy in Ottawa and a consulate-general in Montreal.[13]

• Chile has an embassy in Guatemala City.
• Guatemala has an embassy in Santiago de Chile.

Guatemala Diplomat Antonio Roberto Castellanos Lopez and ROC President Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan.

• As of June 2020, Guatemala is one of 14 nations which maintain full diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (ROC).[14]
• Taiwan has an embassy in Guatemala City.
• Guatemala has an embassy in Taipei.

• Costa Rica has an embassy in Guatemala City.
• Guatemala has an embassy in San José.

• Cuba has an embassy in Guatemala City
• Guatemala has an embassy in Havana

• El Salvador has an embassy in Guatemala City.[15]
• Guatemala has an embassy in San Salvador.[16]

• France has an embassy in Guatemala City.
• Guatemala has an embassy in Paris.

• Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 May 1992.[17]
• Both countries are full members of Organization of American States and Association of Caribbean States.

• Guatemala has an embassy in Tegucigalpa and a consulate in San Pedro Sula.[18]
• Honduras has an embassy in Guatemala.

• India maintains an embassy in Guatemala City.[19]
• Guatemala has an embassy in New Delhi.

• Indonesia is accredited to Guatemala from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.
• Guatemala has an embassy in Jakarta.[20]

Dinner hosted by Israeli Ambassador to Guatemala Joshua Shai, in honor of President of Guatemala Enrique Peralta Azurdia, at his residence in Guatemala, 1964.

• Israel maintains an embassy in Guatemala City.[22]
• Guatemala has an embassy in Jerusalem.

In May 2018, Guatemala was the second country after the United States to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.[23]

The first COVID vaccines to arrive in Guatemala were received from donations sent by Israel.[24]

Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Guatemala began in 1838 after the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America.

• Mexico has an embassy in Guatemala City and a consulate in Quetzaltenango and Tecún Umán.[25]
• Guatemala has an embassy in Mexico City and consulates-general in Oaxaca City, Tenosique, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Veracruz City. Guatemala also has consulates in Ciudad Hidalgo, Comitán and Tapachula. In addition, there are two consular agencies in Acayucan and in Arriaga; in order to assist Guatemalan nationals who traverse Mexico in order to reach the United States.[26]
• Both countries are members of the Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States, and the Rio Group.

• Guatemala has an embassy in Rabat.
• Morocco has an embassy in Guatemala City.

• Guatemala has an embassy in Managua.
• Nicaragua has an embassy in Guatemala City.

• Guatemala has an embassy in Panama City.
• Panama has an embassy in Guatemala City.

• Guatemala is accredited to Paraguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Paraguay is accredited to Guatemala from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.

• Guatemala is accredited to Philippines from its embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
• Philippines is accredited to Guatemala through its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.

• Guatemala has an embassy in Moscow.
• Russia has an embassy in Guatemala City.[27]

• Guatemala has an embassy in Seoul, South Korea.[29]
• South Korea has an embassy in Guatemala City.[30]

• Guatemala has an embassy in Madrid.[31]
• Spain has an embassy in Guatemala City.[32]

• Guatemala has an embassy in Stockholm.
• Sweden has an embassy in Guatemala City, which is also accredited to El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

• Guatemala has an embassy in Bangkok.[33]
• Thailand is accredited to Guatemala through its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.

• Guatemala has an embassy in Ankara and an honorary consulate in Istanbul.[35]
• Turkey has an embassy in Guatemala City.[35]
• Trade volume between the two countries was 63.5 million USD in 2019 (Guatemalan exports/imports: 10/53.5 million USD).[35]

• Guatemala has an embassy in London.[36]
• United Kingdom has an embassy in Guatemala City.[37]

Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil-military issues. U.S. policy objectives in Guatemala include:

• Supporting the institutionalization of democracy and implementation of the Peace Accords
• Encouraging respect for human rights and the rule of law, and implementation of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)
• Supporting broad-based economic growth and sustainable development and maintaining mutually beneficial trade and commercial relations, including ensuring that benefits of Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) reach all sectors of the Guatemalan populace
• Cooperating to combat money laundering, corruption, narcotics trafficking, alien-smuggling, and other transnational crime
• Supporting Central American integration through support for resolution of border/territorial disputes

The United States, as a member of "the Friends of Guatemala", along with Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Norway, and Venezuela, played an important role in the UN-moderated peace accords. The United States strongly supported the six substantive and three procedural accords, which, along with the signing of the December 29, 1996 final accord, form the blueprint for profound political, economic, and social change. To that end, the U.S. government committed over $500 million to support peace implementation since 1997.

In recent years the number of violent crimes reported by U.S. citizens has steadily increased, though the number of Americans traveling to Guatemala has increased.

Most U.S. assistance to Guatemala is provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) offices for Guatemala. USAID/Guatemala's current program builds on the gains of the peace process that followed the signing of the peace accords in December 1996, as well as on the achievements of its 1997–2004 peace program. The current program works to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives by focusing on Guatemala's potential as Central America's largest economy and trading partner of the United States, but also recognizes the country's lagging social indicators and widespread poverty. The three areas of focus for USAID/Guatemala's program are modeled after the Millennium Challenge Account areas—ruling justly, economic freedom, and investing in people.

• Guatemala has an embassy in Montevideo.
• Uruguay has an embassy in Guatemala City.

• Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei announced it would sever ties with Venezuela, prompting to close its embassy both in Caracas and Guatemala City, following the ongoing presidential crisis.[38]