Peru recognised Kosovo as a sovereign state in 2008 after its declaration of independence from Serbia,[1][2] although formal diplomatic relations have yet to be established.

In the 1960s, Yugoslav politics even tried to influence the then military regime of Juan Velasco Alvarado to oppose both Cuba and the Soviet Union.

On February 22 of that same year, the government of Alan García decided to recognise Kosovo as an independent country, which made Peru one of the four South American countries (along with Colombia, Guyana and Suriname; the latter renounced recognition in favour of Serbia) in recognising the independence of Kosovo.

García also expressed that he hopes that Peruvian recognition of Kosovo does not affect the "close and cordial relationship" with Belgrade, highlighting the work of Serbian company Energoprojekt in Peru.

[5] After the Russo-Georgian War later that year, parallels were drawn between the Kosovar declaration of independence and the consolidation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, with the Russian government and the Peruvian opposition making unsuccessful[citation needed] efforts to obtain the Peruvian recognition of the newly established states,[6][7][8] with Peru instead formally establishing relations with Georgia two years later.