The Argentine Ambassador to Peru is the

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of the

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government to the government of

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. The ambassador services the Argentine embassy located in the district of San Isidro, in Lima. Both countries established relations in 1822, with both countries having come into existence as a result of Argentine-born José de San Martín's campaigns in the River Plate and

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during the

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. The first Argentine representative to Peru was Estanislao Lynch. Relations have continued since, having been warm for the most part, with the exception of a scandal during the

Cenepa War The Cenepa War (26 January – 28 February 1995), also known as the Alto Cenepa War, was a brief and localized military conflict between Ecuador and Peru, fought over control of an area in Peruvian territory (i.e. in the eastern side of the Cord ...

in 1995.

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