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Andorra–Peru relations refers to thebilateral relations between thePrincipality of Andorra and theRepublic of Peru. Both countries are members of theOrganization of Ibero-American States and theUnited Nations, and participate in theIbero-American Summit.[1]
Bilateral relations between Andorra and Peru were formally established on June 3, 1997.[2] Bilateral relations have been limited to their contacts at theUnited Nations and theOrganization of Ibero-American States.[1]
Before the formal establishment of relations, the only citizen of Andorra to live in Peru was Eduardo Vilanova, a mining industrialist from thecoal mining area ofChimbote who first arrived to Peru in 1955 and whose French wife, Marie Francine de Vilanova, was the owner ofDouce France, a restaurant inMiraflores.[3]
In 2008, Peru established anhonorary consulate inAndorra, headed by the Spaniard Gerardo Gutiérrez.[4]
Andorra assisted Peru during thecorruption case involving Brazilian companyOdebrecht[5][6] by seizing the bank accounts of Edwin Luyo and Santiago Chau, two former government officials ofAlan García.[7] A similar situation occurred in 2022.[8][9] Peruvian fiscal and chief of the International Judicial Cooperation and Extraditions Unit of the Public Ministry of Peru, Alonso Peña, noted that cooperation between both countries over the legal case was continuous and positive, as 80% of information requests sent by Peru to the microstate were positively answered despite the fact that no cooperation treaty exists between both states.[10][11]