[1] Originally, the United States had relations with Yugoslavia until 1992, which consisted of several republics including Serbia.

[2] During the Kosovo War and on the eve of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, on 23 March 1999, the United States severed diplomatic relations and closed the Embassy in Belgrade.

The Embassy reopened in May 2001, and the formal appointment of an Ambassador to Serbia followed later that year on November 26, with William Dale Montgomery taking up the post.

[2][1] On 21 February 21 2008, Serbian protesters set fire to the embassy, due to U.S. support for the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence.

[3] On 1 July 2013, after three years of construction, new 14,000 square metres (150,000 sq ft) embassy building was opened in Dedinje neighborhood in Belgrade.