Poland–Zimbabwe relations
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Poland–Zimbabwe relations are bilateral relations between Poland and Zimbabwe. Both nations are full members of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations.
History
[edit]In April 1939, an honorary consulate of Poland was founded in Salisbury, elevated to a Consulate-General in 1943, and closed in 1945.[1]
During World War II, Polish refugees escaping the Soviet Union, were admitted in Southern Rhodesia, mostly in Rusape and Marondera.[2] As of December 1944, their total number was 1,437.[2] After the war, in 1946, all Poles in Southern Rhodesia were relocated to Gatooma from other refugee camps.[3] A repatriation office was established in Gatooma, and 1,319 Poles were repatriated to Europe, 500 were relocated to Tanganyika, except for some 120 people who stayed.[4]
Bilateral relations between Poland and newly independent Zimbabwe were established in 1981.
A double tax avoidance treaty was signed in Harare in 1993.[5]
Diplomatic missions
[edit]- Poland is accredited to Zimbabwe from its embassy in Pretoria, and there is an honorary consulate of Poland in Harare.[6]
- Zimbabwe is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin.
References
[edit]- ^ Ceranka, Paweł; Szczepanik, Krzysztof (2020). Urzędy konsularne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1918–1945. Informator archiwalny (in Polish). Warszawa: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych, Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych. p. 342. ISBN 978-83-65681-93-5.
- ^ a b Wróbel, Janusz (2003). Uchodźcy polscy ze Związku Sowieckiego 1942–1950 (in Polish). Łódź: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. pp. 154, 160. ISBN 978-83-7629-522-0.
- ^ Wróbel, p. 247
- ^ Wróbel, pp. 242, 250–251
- ^ Umowa między Rządem Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej a Rządem Republiki Zimbabwe w sprawie unikania podwójnego opodatkowania w zakresie podatków od dochodu, majątku i zysków majątkowych, sporządzona w Harare dnia 9 lipca 1993 r., Dz. U., 1995, vol. 62, No. 318
- ^ "Konsulaty honorowe". Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2023.