Embassy of Egypt, Lima
The Embassy of Egypt in Lima is the diplomatic mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Republic of Peru. The chancery is located at 1470 Jorge Basadre Grohmann Avenue, in the Orrantia del Mar neighbourhood of San Isidro District, Lima.
The current Egyptian ambassador to Peru is Ahmed Hamdi Bakr.
History
Peru and the United Arab Republic first established relations on October 7, 1963, with the Arab country being the first with which Peru established relations in Africa. The Egyptian embassy in Lima opened the same year relations were established, with the Peruvian mission being the oldest in the continent.One of Egypt's ambassadors, Sami Tewfik Ismail, was one of the initial hostages of the Japanese embassy hostage crisis.