Peru–Yugoslavia relations

Peru–Yugoslavia relations were historical foreign relations between Peru and now split-up Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Both countries were active in the Non-Aligned Movement which was established in Belgrade in 1961. Two countries established economic and consular relations in October 1942 at the time of the World War II in Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav government-in-exile.[1] In 1950 two countries organized cultural exchanges among its citizens aimed at development of further relations.[2] In 1963 President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito organized a month long (18 September-17 October) South American tour during which he visited Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Mexico.[3] In Peru he met President of Peru Fernando Belaúnde Terry.[3]

Peru-Yugoslavia relations

Peru	Yugoslavia

Peru and Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia opened its consulate in Lima in 1967 which replaced an earlier honorary consulate.[1] In the next year the consulate was upgraded to the status of an embassy while the first Yugoslav ambasador arrived in 1971.[1] During the same year Yugoslav Foreign Minister Mirko Tepavac invited Peruvian politician Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín to official visit to Yugoslavia.[4] Yugoslav diplomacy wanted to develop its relations with countries in Latin America which were not right-wing dictatorship with an aim to engage them in the Non-Aligned Movement. The country believed that other Latin American countries will be in a position to counterbalance Cuban efforts to de facto align the movement with Eastern Bloc.