Following the restoration of independent Poland afterWorld War II, honorary consulates of Poland were established inAlgiers andOran in 1922 and 1932, respectively, and both operated until 1945.[2]
Poland supported theAlgerian War of Independence, and demanded the establishment of independent Algeria at theUN.[7] There were unofficial contacts between Polish representatives and theNational Liberation Front.[8] ThePolish Red Cross donated funds and goods to Algerian refugees inMorocco andTunisia, and Poland admitted Algerian youth to Polish schools and universities.[7] Poland recognized the interim Algerian government even before the Algerian declaration of independence from 1962.[9] The Embassy of Poland in Algiers was opened in 1962.[9] A trade agreement and an economic and technical cooperation agreement were signed between Algeria and Poland in 1963,[9] and a cultural cooperation agreement in 1964.[10]
Poland sent a rescue squad to help the relief operation after the2003 Boumerdès earthquake in Algeria,[11] and the Polish Medical Mission sent medical supplies.[12]
In 2014, a defense cooperation agreement was signed in Algiers.[13]
Poland and Algeria enjoy a significant relations in business.[14] In 2016, Poland and Algeria abolished visa requirements for diplomatic passport holders.[15]
The Polish foreign minister had paid visit to Algeria in 2017 to boost trade and cooperation between two countries.[16][17] Algerian Minister Mustapha Gitouni also boosts energy cooperation with Poland.[18]Algeria considers Poland as an important partner in Europe.[19]
^Ceranka, Paweł; Szczepanik, Krzysztof (2020).Urzędy konsularne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1918–1945. Informator archiwalny (in Polish). Warszawa: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych,Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych. pp. 28, 298.ISBN978-83-65681-93-5.
^Sobieraj, Maciej; Sobieraj, Dominik (2009). "Bitwa o jedną górę".Kombatant (in Polish). No. 5 (221). Warszawa. p. 11.ISSN0867-8952.
^Stanek, Piotr; Terpińska-Greszczeszyn, Justyna (2011). "W cieniu "wielkiej ucieczki". Kompleks obozow jenieckich Sagan (1939–1945)".Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish).34.Opole: 128.
^Graf, Władysław (1992). "Ostrzeszów: obozy jenieckie okresu 1939–1940. Część 1".Zeszyty Ostrzeszowskie (in Polish). No. 15. Ostrzeszowskie Centrum Kultury. p. 11.
