Peru became the 41st signatory to the Artemis Accords today at a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Artemis Accords were established in 2020 by the United States and seven other countries to set out a practical set of principles to guide civil space exploration and use.
Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea signed the Accords for Peru in the presence of Ambassador to the United States Alfredo Ferrero Diez Canseco, State Department Acting Assistant Secretary Jennifer R. Littlejohn, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The United States and Peru have a long history of working together on the global stage, and we applaud Peru's decision to extend our collaboration to space exploration. Peru first announced its decision to join the Artemis Accords at the highly successful High-Level Dialogue on May 9, 2024. At that event, the United States and Peru committed to furthering our already close bilateral relations and advance our shared efforts to support democratic values, promote inclusive economic prosperity, and strengthen security to the region. Peru joining the Artemis Accords is yet another mechanism to expand the close friendship between our nations.
Peru joins 40 other nations - Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay - in affirming the Accords' principles for sustainable civil space activity. The Department of State and NASA lead the United States' outreach and implementation of the Accords.
