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New Zealand–Peru relations are the diplomatic relations betweenNew Zealand and theRepublic of Peru. Both nations are members ofAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation,Cairns Group and theUnited Nations.
In 1972, New Zealand and Peru established diplomatic relations.[1] Soon afterwards, both nations opened resident embassies in their respective capitals. In 1990, New Zealand closed its embassy inLima.[2] In June 1998, Peruvian PresidentAlberto Fujimori became the first Peruvian head-of-state to pay an official visit to New Zealand.[3] President Fujimori returned to New Zealand in September 1999 to attend the11th APEC summit being held in New Zealand.[4]
In 2002, New Zealand Foreign MinisterPhil Goff made an official visit to Peru.[2] In November 2008, New Zealand Prime MinisterJohn Key made an official visit to Peru to attend the20th APEC Summit inLima.[5] In 2010, Peru closed its embassy inWellington.[2] In November 2016, Prime Minister Key returned to Peru to attend the28th APEC Summit in Lima.
Since 2012, New Zealand has been an active observer of thePacific Alliance which includes Peru,Colombia,Chile andMexico. New Zealand launched negotiations towards a high-quality and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with the Pacific Alliance in June 2017. Once negotiations are concluded and the FTA is in force, New Zealand will become an Associated State of the Pacific Alliance. In February 2018, Peru re-opened its embassy inWellington.[6]
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High-level visits from New Zealand to Peru
High-level visits from Peru to New Zealand
Both nations have signed a few bilateral agreements such as an Agreement of Technical Cooperation (1974); Agreement of High-Level Consultations (1998); Agreement on Joint Communications (1998); Working Holiday Agreement (2011) and an Air Services Agreement (2018).[7][8]
In 2016, trade between New Zealand and Peru totaled US$83 million.[9] New Zealand's main exports to Peru include: dairy based products; food preparations; machinery and seafood.[10] Peru's exports to New Zealand include: fats and fish oil concentrate; coffee; fan shells; mangos; Brazil nuts; canned asparagus; quinoa; and profiled wood.[11]
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