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

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

Poles and Algerians both fought against Nazi Germany in World War II, including in the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944. Algerian prisoners of war were held by the Germans alongside Polish and other Allied POWs in the Stalag II-B and Stalag VIII-C POW camps, operated in Czarne and Żagań, respectively.[2][3] Both Algerian and Polish POWs were subjected to poor conditions resulting in high mortality.[2]

Modern relations

Poland sent a rescue squad to help the relief operation after the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake in Algeria,[4] and the Polish Medical Mission sent medical supplies.[5]

Poland and Algeria enjoy a significant relations in business.[6] In 2016, Poland and Algeria abolished visa requirements for diplomatic passport holders.[7]

The Polish foreign minister had paid visit to Algeria in 2017 to boost trade and cooperation between two countries.[8][9] Algerian Minister Mustapha Gitouni also boosts energy cooperation with Poland.[10]

Embassy of Algeria in Warsaw

Algeria considers Poland as an important partner in Europe.[11]

Resident diplomatic missions

See also

References
  1. Bilateral relations Poland-Algeria (in French)
  2. 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.
  3. Stanek, Piotr; Terpińska-Greszczeszyn, Justyna (2011). "W cieniu "wielkiej ucieczki". Kompleks obozow jenieckich Sagan (1939–1945)". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). Opole. 34: 128.
  4. "Polscy strażacy wylecieli do Algierii". RMF 24 (in Polish). 23 May 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  5. "Misja Medyczna z pomocą Algierii". Puls Medycyny (in Polish). 2 June 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  6. "POLAND AND ALGERIA – STRONG PARTNERS IN BUSINESS". Ageron.pl.
  7. "Poland and Algeria abolish visas for diplomatic passport holders". Mfa.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  8. "Polish FM on visit to Algeria, Tunisia". Radio Poland. 25 November 2017.
  9. 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.
  10. "ALGERIA : GUITOUNI INVITES POLAND, TURKEY TO BOOST ENERGY COOPERATION WITH ALGERIA". Emerging-africa.org. 28 August 2017.
  11. "Algeria, "important" partner for Poland". Algerianembassy.org.
  12. Embassy of Algeria in Warsaw
  13. Embassy of Poland in Algiers
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