Besides the embassy, Poland has six honorary consulates: in Peru (Arequipa and Callao), in Bolivia (La Paz and Santa Cruz) and in Ecuador (Quito and Guayaquil).

[2] Poland maintained diplomatic relations with Peru before World War II.

After establishing diplomatic relations in Peru, the Polish envoys in Buenos Aires were accredited.

The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland was opened in Lima on April 14, 1969, becoming an embassy on August 1 of the same year.

[1] In December 1996, Polish chargé d'affaires Wojciech Tomaszewski found himself among the hostages of the radical left-wing terrorist guerrilla Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima.