Algeria–Peru relations

Algeria-Peru relations

Algeria	Peru
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Algeria, Lima	Embassy of Peru, Algiers

Algeria–Peru relations (Arabic: العلاقات الجزائرية البيرو‎; Spanish: Relaciones Argelia-Perú) are the bilateral relations between Algeria and Peru. Both countries are members of the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement.

History

Algeria and Peru established diplomatic relations on March 10, 1972, when these countries were governed by Houari Boumedienne and Juan Velasco Alvarado, respectively.^[1][2] Before the establishment of diplomatic relations, Peru had maintained a consulate in French Algeria since the 19th century as part of its diplomatic relations with France.^[3]

In 1985, Algeria began a foreign policy aimed at the recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic by Latin American countries, which led to the Peruvian recognition of the state in 1987.^[4]

The Peruvian embassy in Algiers opened in 1972, but it closed in 1990^[5] until it reopened in 2005,^[6] the same year a series of treaties was signed between both countries as part of the strengthening of their relations.^[2]

At the legislative level there is a Parliamentary League of Peruvian-Algerian Friendship.^[7]

Trade

Algeria and Peru maintain an important commercial exchange. Algeria imports 47 million dollars a year in Peruvian products, which represents 47.3 percent of the total imports from the Arab world to Peru.^[8] Algerian investments in Peru amount to nearly one billion dollars, mainly in the hydrocarbons sector.^[9]

High-level visits

High-level visits from Algeria to Peru

• President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (2005)^[10]

Resident diplomatic missions

• Algeria has an embassy in Lima.
• Peru has an embassy in Algiers.

See also

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