Embassy of Palestine, Lima

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Embassy of Palestine to Peru
Map
LocationSan Isidro, Lima, Peru
AddressCalle La República 982[1]
Opened1979 (office); 2015 (embassy)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Peru is the higher diplomatic representation of the State of Palestine in Peru. Since 2015, the embassy is located in San Isidro, Lima; the current ambassador of Palestine to Peru is Walid Muaqqat.

Peru does not have a representation in Ramallah or any other city in Palestine, although former president Pedro Castillo announced the intention of the country to open an Embassy in 2022.[2][3]

History[edit]

The first Palestinian representation in Peru opened in 1979, under the left-leaning Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru, as the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which at the time had no diplomatic status.[4]

In 1998, an agreement to host a Special Delegation of the PLO was signed, and in 2000, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar raised the level of the delegation with all the privileges granted to countries in embassies accredited in Peru, making the delegation a de facto embassy.[4] Ollanta Humala later officially recognised the State of Palestine on January 24, 2011.[5]

Ambassadors[edit]

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Palestine in Peru (Arabic: سفير دولة فلسطين لدى البيرو; Spanish: Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario del Estado de Palestina en el Perú) is the foremost representative of the Palestinian government to the Government of Peru.

Name Portrait Term begin Term end President Notes
1979: Palestine Liberation Organization office opened in Lima
Issam Besseiso 1979 1984 Yasser Arafat First PLO representative to Peru;[6] not officially recognised as a diplomat.[4] He was appointed to the PLO's office in Sofia, leaving in 1984. His farewell party was attended by congressman Miguel Ángel Mufarech and then Mayor of Lima, Alfonso Barrantes.[7]
Bassim Abd-El-Rajman 1984 1984 As PLO representative to Peru. A member of Fatah, he was in Karachi until February 1984, when he was reportedly expelled alongside three other PLO members by the Pakistani government.[7]
Hussein Abdel Khalik December 1984 c. 1991 As PLO representative to Peru.[8][9] He arrived in late December 1984[10][11] with his wife, Francisca Zanor, and his daughter, being received by the Algerian ambassador to Peru, Mustafé Lecheraf, and Palestinian representatives.[10]
Sabri Atieh 1992 1994 As PLO representative to Peru.[12][13]
Walid Ibrahim Muaqqat May 14, 1998 May 25, 2001 As Chief Ambassador of the Special Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Peru.[14] On May 14, 1998, he signed the agreement that established the PLO's delegation in Lima[14][15] and in 2000 it was elevated to a "special diplomatic mission."[14]
May 25, 2001 December 31, 2005 As Chief Ambassador of the Special Mission of Palestine in Peru.
Walid Abdel Rahim March 4, 2006 December 11, 2010 Mahmoud Abbas As Chief Ambassador of the Special Mission of Palestine in Peru.[16]
24 January 2011: Diplomatic relations between Palestine and Peru formally established
Walid Abdel Rahim December 11, 2010 2014 Mahmoud Abbas First ambassador prior to Peru's diplomatic recognition of Palestine.[17]
Walid Ibrahim Muaqqat April 23, 2015 Incumbent As ambassador. He presented his credentials on April 23, 2015.[18]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "سفارة دولة فلسطين – جمهورية البيرو". وزارة الخارجية الفلسطينية. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10.
  2. ^ "¿Qué países tienen representación diplomática en Palestina y por qué es necesario el reconocimiento?". Gestión. 2022-09-20.
  3. ^ Rodríguez Mackay, Miguel A. (2022-12-05). "75 años de la Resolución 181". El Montonero.
  4. ^ a b c "Walid Muaqqat: "Hay un paso positivo para fortalecer relación peruano-palestina"". La República. 2022-09-26.
  5. ^ "Peru recognizes Palestinian state". Reuters. 2011-01-24.
  6. ^ Asman, David (1983-08-02). "The PLO's Growing Latin American Base". The Heritage Foundation.
  7. ^ a b Latin American Report. Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. 1984. p. 4. After five years as the PLO's official representative in Peru, Issam Besseiso, is leaving to assume a similar position in Sofia, Bulgaria. His replacement, Bassim Abd-El-Rajman, a member of Al-Fatah, was in Karachi until February, 1984 when he and three other PLO leaders were expelled by the Pakistani government for "activities against the State." An editorial printed in the Peruvian daily "Expreso" in April called upon the government to close down the PLO office which it labeled "an embassy for terrorism." "Expreso" sees Besseiso's move to Bulgaria, "the major sanctuary of international terrorism", as a career promotion. At a farewell party for Besseiso, Peruvian Congressman Miguel Angel Mufarech commended him on his efficient work in Peru which allowed the Peruvians to "learn of the fight against international Zionism." Lima's mayor Alfonso Barrentes Lingan, at that party, called for victory to the Palestinian people. [sic]
  8. ^ Carta de noticias: Tomos 91-102 (in Spanish). Ecuador: Dirección General de Información y Prensa, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 1987. p. 6.
  9. ^ Cronología de las relaciones internacionales del Perú (in Spanish). Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales. 1988. p. 36. 18 de Noviembre: El representante de la Organización Para la Liberación de Palestina en el Perú, Hussein Abdel Khalik, quien arribó al Perú después de sostener una serie de conversaciones en el exterior, [...]
  10. ^ a b OJI: organo judío de informacion : publicación del Congreso Judío Latinoamericano, Rama del Congreso Judío Mundial (in Spanish). Vol. 14–15. Congreso Judío Mundial. 1984. p. 14.
  11. ^ Latin American Report. Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. 1984. p. 10.
  12. ^ Caretas: ilustración peruana (in Spanish). Vol. 1276–1281. Empresa Editora Caretas S.A. 1993. p. 47. Las respuestas de Yuval Metzer, embajador de Israel, y de Sabri Atieh, representante de la OLP en el Perú, [...]
  13. ^ "Sabri Atiyeh "Lo Stato Palestinese un diritto inalienabile": Intervista all'ambasciatore palestinese in Italia" [Sabri Atiyeh "The State of Palestine is an inalienable right": Interview with the Palestinian ambassador in Italy]. Il Pane e le Rose. 2011-09-20.
  14. ^ a b c "Qué es la Misión Diplomática de Palestina en la Argentina - Embajador Sr. Walid Muaqqat". Misión de Palestina en la República Argentina.
  15. ^ Política internacional: revista de la Academia Diplomática del Perú (in Spanish). Vol. 52. Academia Diplomática del Perú Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. 1998. p. 111. 14-V-98.- El Perú suscribió el acuerdo para el establecimiento de sede de la Delegación Especial de la Organización para la Liberación de Palestina (OLP). El acuerdo fue firmado por el Director General de Política Multilateral, Embajador José Urrutia, y por el Representante de la OLP en el Perú, señor Walid Ibrahim Muaqqat, en el Palacio Torre Tagle.
  16. ^ Paz Murga, Sergio (2008). "Embajador Walid Abdel: Israel busca el exterminio del pueblo palestino" (PDF). Gener@cción (in Spanish) (88 ed.). p. 6.
  17. ^ "Lista del Cuerpo Diplomático, Organismos Internacionales y Cuerpo Consular" (PDF). Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 2015-03-01.
  18. ^ "Jefe del Estado recibe credenciales de embajadores de Palestina y Federación Rusa". Andina. 2015-04-23.
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