Austria–Peru relations
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Austria–Peru relations are the bilateral and diplomatic ties between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Peru. The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes relations between both countries as amicable, the largest community of Austrians are in Pozuzo and Oxapampa, located in the departament of Pasco.
History
Both countries established relations in the 19th century. In 1851, Austria-Hungary recognized the independence of Peru, and both countries subsequently established relations.{{Cite web |title=Relaciones Bilaterales |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/es/ea-lima/relaciones-bilaterales/ |website=Embajada de Austria en Lima}} By 1859, ethnic Germans from Austria and Germany established and founded the colony of Pozuzo.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/es/ea-lima/sobre-nosotros/pozuzo/ |title=Pozuzo |website=Embajada de Austria en Lima}}
As a result of World War I, Peru severed relations with both Germany and Austria-Hungary, reestablishing them with the First Austrian Republic after the war.{{Cite book |title=Revista del Instituto de Estudios Histórico-Marítimos del Perú, Números 28-29 |publisher=Instituto de Estudios Histórico-Marítimos del Perú |year=2008 |pages=41, 84 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sf8K6atFV1QC}} After the incorporation of Austria into the German Reich in 1938, Peru ceased to have relations with Austria, instead continuing its relations with Germany until 1942.{{Cite book |title=Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania (1828–2003) |last=Novak |first=Fabián |publisher=Fondo Editorial PUCP |year=2004 |edition=1st |location=Lima |language=es |url=https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/181820}} During this period, the Austrian population in Peru saw itself polarized between Austrian loyalists and National Socialists.{{Cite journal |title=La colonia austríaca en el Perú durante la época del fascismo europeo (1933-1945) |journal=Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines |url=https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/5562 |last=Martínez-Flener |first=Milagros |date=2005-04-08 |issue=1 |volume=34 |via=OpenEdition |doi=10.4000/bifea.5562|doi-access=free }}
In 1947, Peru recognized the Republic of Austria,{{Cite book |title=Mensaje presentado al Congreso Nacional al inaugurarse la Legislatura Ordinaria de 1947 por el Señor Presidente de la República, Doctor Don José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |last=Bustamante y Rivero |first=José Luis |publisher=Departamento de Informaciones del Perú, Palacio de Gobierno |year=1947 |edition=1st |location=Lima |pages=80 |language=es |author-link=José Luis Bustamante y Rivero}} and in 1949, bilateral relations were resumed, being elevated to embassy level in 1968.
Resident diplomatic missions
- Austria has an embassy in Lima.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/es/ea-lima/relaciones-bilaterales/representaciones-de-austria/ |title=Representaciones de Austria |website=Embajada de Austria en Lima}}
- Peru has an embassy in Vienna.
Austrian Embassy, Lima 1.jpg|Austrian embassy in Lima
Mahlerstrasse 7.jpg|Building hosting the embassy of Peru in Vienna
See also
{{commons category|Relations of Austria and Peru}}