Editing Peru (section)

===Foreign relations===
{{main|Foreign relations of Peru}}
[[File:Perú asume Presidencia Pro Témpore de la Comunidad Andina.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|The headquarters of the [[Andean Community]] is located in Lima.]]
Over recent decades, [[Foreign relations of Peru|Peru's foreign relations]] has historically been dominated by close ties with the United States and Asia,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Costa|first=Eduardo Ferrero|date=1987|title=Peruvian Foreign Policy: Current Trends, Constraints and Opportunities|journal=Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs|volume=29|issue=2|pages=55–78|doi=10.2307/166073|jstor=166073|issn=0022-1937}}</ref> particularly through the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] (APEC), the [[World Trade Organization]], the [[Pacific Alliance]], [[Mercosur]], and the [[Organization of American States]] (OAS).<ref name="John" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Lincoln|first1=Jennie K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rAiiDwAAQBAJ&q=peru++%22foreign+policy%22&pg=PT150|title=The Dynamics Of Latin American Foreign Policies: Challenges For The 1980s|last2=Ferris|first2=Elizabeth G.|year=2019|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-31605-6|language=en|access-date=18 November 2020|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417061236/https://books.google.com/books?id=rAiiDwAAQBAJ&q=peru++%22foreign+policy%22&pg=PT150|url-status=live}}</ref>
Peru is an active member of several [[Trade bloc|regional trade blocs]] and is one of the founding members of the [[Andean Community of Nations]]. It is also a member of international organizations such as the [[Organization of American States|OAS]] and the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Blanco-Jiménez, M., Parra-Irineo, G., González-González, N. and Tavizon-Salazar, A.|title=Regional Integration in Latin America |chapter=Pacific Alliance: Political, Economic, and Commercial Implications |date=30 May 2019|volume=1|pages=1–12|doi=10.1108/978-1-78973-159-020191001|isbn=978-1-78973-160-6|s2cid=181395804}}</ref> [[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]], a celebrated Peruvian diplomat, served as [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|United Nations Secretary General]] from 1981 to 1991.

Peru planned to be fully integrated into the [[OECD|Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD) by 2021, attributing its economic success and efforts to strengthen institutions as meeting factors to be a part of the OECD.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2018/01/25/productivity-provides-the-key-to-perus-bid-for-oecd-membership/|title=Productivity provides the key to Peru's bid for OECD membership|author=Alonso Morán de Romaña|date=25 January 2018|website=LSE Latin America and Caribbean|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329020937/https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2018/01/25/productivity-provides-the-key-to-perus-bid-for-oecd-membership/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-perus-oecd-member-status-bid-likely-to-succeed-512879.aspx|title=Peru's OECD member status bid likely to succeed|website=andina.pe|date=2 July 2014 |language=es|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329020940/https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-perus-oecd-member-status-bid-likely-to-succeed-512879.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Peru is a member of the [[World Trade Organization]], and has pursued multiple major free trade agreements, most recently the [[United States - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement|Peru–United States Free Trade Agreement]], the [[China–Peru Free Trade Agreement]], the [[European Union free trade agreements|European Union Free Trade Agreement]], free trade agreements with Japan, and many others.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2019|title=The treaties of free trade (FTA) and exports of aggro-industrial products in Peru|url=http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:soct&volume=7&issue=1and2&article=004|journal=Socrates|volume=7|issue=1 and 2|issn=2347-2146|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218030837/https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:soct&volume=7&issue=1and2&article=004|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Shaffer|first1=Gregory|last2=Winters|first2=L. Alan|date=April 2017|title=FTA Law in WTO Dispute Settlement: Peru–Additional Duty and the Fragmentation of Trade Law|journal=World Trade Review|language=en|volume=16|issue=2|pages=303–326|doi=10.1017/S1474745616000550|issn=1474-7456|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Peru maintains an integrated relationship with other South American nations, and is a member of various South American intergovernmental agreements, more recently the [[Organization of American States]], [[Mercosur]], the [[Andean Community]] of Nations, the [[Pacific Alliance]], and the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation|APEC]]. Peru has historically experienced [[Chile–Peru relations|stressed relations with Chile]], including the [[Peru v Chile]] international court resolution and the [[Chilean–Peruvian maritime dispute|Chilean-Peruvian maritime dispute]], but the two countries have agreed to work in improving relations.<ref>BBC News (4 November 2005), [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4405402.stm ''Peru–Chile border row escalates''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115142819/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4405402.stm |date=15 January 2009}}. Retrieved 16 May 2007.</ref>

Peru has participated in taking a leading role in addressing the [[crisis in Venezuela]] through the establishment of the [[Lima Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/latin_america-amerique_latine/2020-01-05-lima_group-groupe_lima.aspx?lang=eng|title=Lima Group statement|author=Global Affairs Canada-Affaires Mondiales Canada|date=29 August 2019|website=GAC|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329060108/https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/latin_america-amerique_latine/2020-01-05-lima_group-groupe_lima.aspx?lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref>

Peru is the 99th most peaceful country in the world, according to the 2024 [[Global Peace Index]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Global Peace Index |url=https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf |access-date=18 August 2024 |archive-date=19 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819091540/https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>