Peru
India and Peru share close relations. Over the years, India-Peru relations have become multi-faceted in its true sense covering a wide range of sectors such as health & pharma, energy and mines, textiles and agriculture, science and biotechnology, defence and space, capacity building & development cooperation etc. Both countries have established a High Level Joint Commission mechanism of which two rounds have met in 2017 and 2023 respectively. Further, both countries have a JWG mechanism on Cooperation in the field of Geology and Minerals, Joint Committee on Renewable Energy and Joint Committee in the field of Science and Technology.
Cooperation to tackle the challenge of COVID-19 Pandemic
- A medical aid of over 9 tonnes of essential medicines, including 900,000 HCQ (Hydroxychloquine) tablets as well as protective gears to combat COVID-19 was handed over to Peruvian Health Minister in August 2020.
Capacity Building & Other Exchanges
- The India-Peru Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (IPCEIT) set up in Lima with the assistance of the Government of India commenced academic courses from March 2015.
- As part of capacity building trainings, nearly 660 professionals from Peru have been trained in India under ITEC since 2002. Of these, 450 professionals have been trained just in the previous 9 years since 2014-15.
- Peru has been alloted 60 ITEC slots (IN FY 2023-24, 48 people from Peru availed the ITEC programme and visited India)
- Peruvian diplomats have been attending the PCFD courses at the Foreign Service Institute. Peruvian defence personnel have also attended defence courses in India.
Development Cooperation (Grants/ LoCs/ Assistance)
- In the wake of a severe earthquake in Peru on 15 August 2007, India donated US$ 500,000 as disaster relief assistance to the Government of Peru. An India-Peru Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (IPCEIT) was set up 2015 in Lima with India’s grant. A disaster relief assistance of US$ 150,000 was given to Peru in June 2017 for reconstruction in northern Peru devastated by heavy rains and floods due to El Nino phenomenon in early 2017.
- India has given a grant of US$ 26,222 under Aid to LAC for afforestation of a park, Losa Gandhi, a playground named after Mahatma Gandhi, and surrounding areas of San Francisco Hill. The project was completed in 2021.
- 1000 doses of Human Immunoglobulin worth US$ 271,000 were donated by GOI on 27 Aug 2023 to tackle increasing number of Gullian Barre Syndrome (GBS) disease.
- An India-Peru Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (IPCEIT) was set up 2015 in Lima with India’s grant.
- An expert from EDII under ITEC was deputed to Lima for three weeks to help Peruvian PUCP develop “Entrepreneurship Development in Emerging Economies” course in August-September 2017.
