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Diplomatic mission of the State of Palestine in Peru
Diplomatic mission
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.
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. Ollanta Humala later officially recognised the State of Palestine on January 24, 2011.
First PLO representative to Peru; not officially recognised as a diplomat. 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.
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.
Hussein Abdel Khalik
December 1984
c. 1991
As PLO representative to Peru. He arrived in late December 1984 with his wife, Francisca Zanor, and his daughter, being received by the Algerian ambassador to Peru, Mustafé Lecheraf, and Palestinian representatives.
As Chief Ambassador of the Special Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Peru. On May 14, 1998, he signed the agreement that established the PLO's delegation in Lima and in 2000 it was elevated to a "special diplomatic mission."
May 25, 2001
December 31, 2005
As Chief Ambassador of the Special Mission of Palestine in Peru.
^ 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.
Carta de noticias: Tomos 91-102 (in Spanish). Ecuador: Dirección General de Información y Prensa, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 1987. p. 6.
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,
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.
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