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Kosovo–Peru relations are foreign relations betweenKosovo andPeru. Peru recognised Kosovo as a sovereign state in 2008 afterits declaration of independence from Serbia,[1][2] although formal diplomatic relations have yet to be established.
Peru maintained warm relations with theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a country to whichKosovo belonged within theSocialist Republic of Serbia. In the 1960s, Yugoslav politics even tried to influence the thenmilitary regime ofJuan Velasco Alvarado to oppose bothCuba and theSoviet Union.[3]
Kosovodeclared its independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008. On February 22 of that same year, thegovernment ofAlan García decided to recognise Kosovo as an independent country, which made Peru one of the four South American countries (along withColombia,Guyana andSuriname in recognising the independence of Kosovo.[1]
The position of the Peruvian government was criticised by the governments of Cuba andVenezuela. President Alan García sent a statement to the thenpresident of KosovoFatmir Sejdiu congratulating him on independence. García also expressed that he hopes that Peruvian recognition of Kosovo does not affect the "close and cordial relationship" with Belgrade, highlighting the work of Serbian companyEnergoprojekt in Peru.[2] Nevertheless, the announcement led to controversy with the Serbian authorities, who recalled their ambassador for a couple of months.[4] This event was the main reason for the closure of the Serbian embassy in Lima.[5]
After theRusso-Georgian War later that year, parallels were drawn between the Kosovar declaration of independence and the consolidation ofAbkhazia andSouth Ossetia, with theRussian government and thePeruvian opposition making unsuccessful[citation needed] efforts to obtain the Peruvian recognition of the newly established states,[6][7][8] with Peru insteadformally establishing relations withGeorgia two years later.[9]
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