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Algeria–Poland relations
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Algeria and Poland are members of the Union for the Mediterranean and the United Nations. Both nations established diplomatic relations in 1962.[1]
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Following the restoration of independent Poland after World War II, honorary consulates of Poland were established in Algiers and Oran in 1922 and 1932, respectively, and both operated until 1945.[2]
Poles and Algerians both fought against Nazi Germany in World War II, including in the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944.[3] 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.[4][5][6] Both Algerian and Polish POWs were subjected to poor conditions resulting in high mortality.[4]
Poland supported the Algerian War of Independence, and demanded the establishment of independent Algeria at the UN.[7] There were unofficial contacts between Polish representatives and the National Liberation Front.[8] The Polish Red Cross donated funds and goods to Algerian refugees in Morocco and Tunisia, and Poland admitted Algerian youth to Polish schools and universities.[7] Poland recognized the interim Algerian government even before the Algerian declaration of independence from 1962.[9] The Embassy of Poland in Algiers was opened in 1962.[9] A trade agreement and an economic and technical cooperation agreement were signed between Algeria and Poland in 1963,[9] and a cultural cooperation agreement in 1964.[10]
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Modern relations
Poland sent a rescue squad to help the relief operation after the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake in Algeria,[11] and the Polish Medical Mission sent medical supplies.[12]
In 2014, a defense cooperation agreement was signed in Algiers.[13]
Poland and Algeria enjoy a significant relations in business.[14] In 2016, Poland and Algeria abolished visa requirements for diplomatic passport holders.[15]
The Polish foreign minister had paid visit to Algeria in 2017 to boost trade and cooperation between two countries.[16][17] Algerian Minister Mustapha Gitouni also boosts energy cooperation with Poland.[18] Algeria considers Poland as an important partner in Europe.[19]
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Resident diplomatic missions
Embassy of Algeria in Warsaw
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