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Algeria–Poland relations

Algeria and Poland are members of the Union for the Mediterranean and the United Nations. Both nations established diplomatic relations in 1962.[1]

Algerian-Polish relations
Map indicating locations of Algeria and Poland

Algeria
Poland

History edit

19th-century Polish poet Cyprian Norwid dedicated his poem Do Emira Abd El-Kadera w Damaszku to Emir Abdelkader, Algerian leader against French invasion.

During World War I, Poles and Algerians were among prisoners of war of various nationalities held by the Germans in a POW camp in Stargard in modern northwestern Poland.[2]

Following the restoration of independent Poland after the war, honorary consulates of Poland were established in Algiers and Oran in 1922 and 1932, respectively, and both operated until 1945.[3]

Poles and Algerians both fought against Nazi Germany in World War II, including in the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944.[4] Algerian prisoners of war were held by the Germans alongside Polish and other Allied POWs in the Stalag II-B, Stalag VIII-C and Stalag XXI-A POW camps, operated in Czarne, Żagań and Ostrzeszów, respectively.[5][6][7] Both Algerian and Polish POWs were subjected to poor conditions resulting in high mortality.[5]

A cultural cooperation agreement between Algeria and Poland was signed in Algiers in 1964.[8]

Modern relations edit

Poland sent a rescue squad to help the relief operation after the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake in Algeria,[9] and the Polish Medical Mission sent medical supplies.[10]

In 2014, a defense cooperation agreement was signed in Algiers.[11]

Poland and Algeria enjoy a significant relations in business.[12] In 2016, Poland and Algeria abolished visa requirements for diplomatic passport holders.[13]

The Polish foreign minister had paid visit to Algeria in 2017 to boost trade and cooperation between two countries.[14][15] Algerian Minister Mustapha Gitouni also boosts energy cooperation with Poland.[16] Algeria considers Poland as an important partner in Europe.[17]

Resident diplomatic missions edit

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    Embassy of Algeria in Warsaw

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bilateral relations Poland-Algeria (in French)
  2. ^ Aniszewska, Jolanta (2019). Nekropolia dwóch wojen światowych (in Polish). Szczecin: IPN. p. 8.
  3. ^ Ceranka, Paweł; Szczepanik, Krzysztof (2020). Urzędy konsularne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1918–1945. Informator archiwalny (in Polish). Warszawa: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych, Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych. pp. 28, 298. ISBN 978-83-65681-93-5.
  4. ^ Sobieraj, Maciej; Sobieraj, Dominik (2009). "Bitwa o jedną górę". Kombatant (in Polish). No. 5 (221). Warszawa. p. 11. ISSN 0867-8952.
  5. ^ a b Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
  6. ^ Stanek, Piotr; Terpińska-Greszczeszyn, Justyna (2011). "W cieniu "wielkiej ucieczki". Kompleks obozow jenieckich Sagan (1939–1945)". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 34. Opole: 128.
  7. ^ Graf, Władysław (1992). "Ostrzeszów: obozy jenieckie okresu 1939–1940. Część 1". Zeszyty Ostrzeszowskie (in Polish). No. 15. Ostrzeszowskie Centrum Kultury. p. 11.
  8. ^ Umowa między Rządem Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej a Rządem Algierskiej Republiki Demokratycznej i Ludowej o współpracy kulturalnej, podpisana w Algierze dnia 22 lipca 1964 r., Dz. U. z 1967 r. Nr 12, poz. 49
  9. ^ "Polscy strażacy wylecieli do Algierii". RMF 24 (in Polish). 23 May 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Misja Medyczna z pomocą Algierii". Puls Medycyny (in Polish). 2 June 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  11. ^ Umowa między Rządem Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej a Rządem Algierskiej Republiki Ludowo-Demokratycznej o współpracy w dziedzinie obronności, podpisana w Algierze dnia 2 grudnia 2014 r., M.P. z 2018 r. poz. 954
  12. ^ "POLAND AND ALGERIA – STRONG PARTNERS IN BUSINESS". Ageron.pl.
  13. ^ "Poland and Algeria abolish visas for diplomatic passport holders". Mfa.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Polish FM on visit to Algeria, Tunisia". Radio Poland. 25 November 2017.
  15. ^ Boulahbel, Farid (25 November 2017). "Polish MOFA pays two-day visit to Algeria: "Poland considers Algeria a strategic partner with excellent prospects in Africa and the Arab world." 25/11/2017". Algerianembassy.ug. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  16. ^ "ALGERIA : GUITOUNI INVITES POLAND, TURKEY TO BOOST ENERGY COOPERATION WITH ALGERIA". Emerging-africa.org. 28 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Algeria, "important" partner for Poland". Algerianembassy.org.[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ Embassy of Algeria in Warsaw
  19. ^ Embassy of Poland in Algiers

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