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{{Politics of Colombia}}[[Colombia]] seeks diplomatic and commercial relations with all countries, regardless of their ideologies or [[politics|political]] or economic systems. For this reason, the Colombian economy is quite open, relying on international trade and following guidelines given by [[international law]].

Since 2008, Colombia's Ministry of Trade and Commerce has either reached or strengthened Bilateral Trade Agreements with [[South Korea]], [[Japan]] and [[China]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Evan Ellis|first=Robert|date=2017|title=Chinese Advances and Setbacks in Colombia|url=http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-52028-0|journal=IndraStra Global|issue=5|pages=7}}</ref> building stronger commerce interchange and development in the Pacific Rim.

Regional relations have also vastly improved under the Santos Administration (2010–2018). Issues however remain regarding spillover of the FARC leftist-terrorist group, being chased out of hiding in rural areas of Colombia and finding safe havens in non-monitored areas of bordering states. The FARC numbers have significantly diminished in the last decade, to an estimated 5,000–7,000. And while joint military collaboration has steadily increased with the bordering countries of [[Brazil]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]], there have been tensions between Colombia and [[Ecuador]] regarding the issue.  In 2002, the Ecuadorian government closed its main border crossing with Colombia, restricting its hours of operation. Ecuador continues to voice its concerns over an influx of émigrés stemming from guerilla activity at its borders. Evidence has since emerged however, suggesting that a significant number of the FARC's foot soldiers in and around the [[Colombia–Ecuador border]] consist of Ecuadorian émigrés who joined the leftist terrorist group out of need.<ref>{{cite web|author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |url=http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e492b66.html |title=Ecuador |work=UNHCR |publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |access-date=2013-04-22}}</ref> Returning Ecuadorian émigrés have faced re-entry restrictions.

In 2012, relations with [[Nicaragua]] and Venezuela were tested over territorial island disputes. Bilateral committees are negotiating the dispute with Venezuela over waters in the [[Gulf of Venezuela]].

==Background==
In 1969, Colombia formed what is now the [[Andean Community]] along with [[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]] ([[Venezuela]] joined in 1973, and Chile left in 1976).

In the 1980s, Colombia broadened its bilateral and multilateral relations, joining the [[Contadora Group]], the [[Group of Eight]] (now the [[Rio Group]]), and the [[Non-Aligned Movement]], which it chaired from 1994 until September 1998. In addition, it has signed free trade agreements with Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela.

Colombia has traditionally played an active role in the [[United Nations]] and the Organization of American States and in their subsidiary agencies. Former President [[César Gaviria]] became Secretary General of the OAS in September 1994 and was reelected in 1999. Colombia was a participant in the December 1994 and April 1998 Summits of the Americas and followed up on initiatives developed at the summit by hosting two post-summit, ministerial-level meetings on trade and science and technology.

Colombia regularly participates in international fora, including CICAD, the Organization of American States' body on [[money laundering]], chemical controls, and drug abuse prevention. Although the Colombian Government ratified the [[1988 UN Convention on Narcotics]] in 1994—the last of the Andean governments to do so—it took important reservations, notably to the anti-money-laundering measures, asset forfeiture and confiscation provisions, maritime interdiction, and extradition clauses. Colombia subsequently withdrew some of its reservations, most notably a reservation on extradition.

==International relations==
===Disputes – international===
[[Maritime boundary]] dispute with Venezuela in the [[Gulf of Venezuela]]; territorial disputes with Nicaragua over Archipelago de [[San Andrés y Providencia]] and [[Quita Sueño Bank]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Long|first1=Tom|last2=Bitar|first2=Sebastián|last3=Jiménez-Peña|first3=Gabriel|title=Domestic Contestation and Presidential Prerogative in Colombian Foreign Policy|journal=Bulletin of Latin American Research|pages=10–11|doi=10.1111/blar.12987|issn=1470-9856|year=2019|volume=39|issue=4|doi-access=free|url=http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/116627/1/WRAP-domestic-contestation-presidential-prerogative-Colombian-foreign-policy-Long-2019.pdf}}</ref> The United States disputes sovereignty with Colombia over the [[Serranilla Bank]] and the [[Bajo Nuevo Bank]]. Quita Sueño Bank is claimed by the United States to be a submerged reef, and thus does not recognize the sovereignty of any nation over the bank.

===Membership of international organizations===
The major organizations in which Colombia is a member include: the [[Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean]], [[Andean Pact]], [[Caribbean Development Bank]] [[Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean]], [[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]], [[G3 Free Trade Agreement]], Group of 11, [[Group of 24]], [[Group of 77]], [[Inter-American Development Bank]], [[International Atomic Energy Agency]], [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]], [[International Chamber of Commerce]], [[International Civil Aviation Organization]], [[International Criminal Police Organization]] (Interpol), [[International Development Association]], [[International Finance Corporation]], [[International Fund for Agricultural Development]], [[International Labour Organization]], [[International Maritime Organization]], [[International Maritime Satellite Organization]], [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF), [[International Olympic Committee]], [[International Organization for Migration]], [[International Organization for Standardization]], [[International Telecommunication Union]], [[International Telecommunications Satellite Organization]], [[International Trade Union Confederation]], [[Latin American Economic System]], [[Latin American Integration Association]], [[Non-Aligned Movement]], [[Organization of American States]] (OAS), [[Permanent Court of Arbitration]], [[Rio Group]], [[United Nations]] (UN), [[UN Conference on Trade and Development]], [[UNESCO]], [[UN Industrial Development Organization]], [[UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees]], [[Universal Postal Union]], [[World Confederation of Labour]], [[World Federation of Trade Unions]], [[World Health Organization]], [[World Intellectual Property Organization]], [[World Meteorological Organization]], [[World Tourism Organization]], and [[World Trade Organization]].<ref name=":0">{{citation-attribution|1={{Cite web|date=February 2007|title=Country Profile: Colombia|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/cs/profiles/Colombia.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927105018/http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/cs/profiles/Colombia.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-27 |url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2020|publisher=[[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]]}}}}</ref> An OAS observer has monitored the government's peace process with the paramilitaries, lending the negotiations much-needed international credibility.<ref name=":0" /> The United States helps Colombia secure favorable treatment from the IMF.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

===Major international treaties===
Regional treaties include the [[Andean Pact]], now known as the [[Andean Community]], which also includes Bolivia, [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]], the bodies and institutions making up the Andean Integration System (AIS). Colombia has signed free-trade agreements with Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela.

Its recent trade agreements with Korea, China and Japan, have focused on economic and technical cooperation between those nations.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} Within the regional Caribbean Community and Common Market ([[Caricom]]), Colombia has also deepened economic and medical science research collaboration agreements.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} Colombia has also signed and ratified 105 international treaties or agreements relating to the protection of the environment.<ref name=":0" /> These include the Antarctic Treaty and Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and conventions on [[Biodiversity]], [[Desertification]], [[Endangered Species]], [[Hazardous Wastes]], [[Marine Life Conservation]], [[Ozone Layer Protection]], [[Ship Pollution]], [[Tropical Timber 83]], [[Tropical Timber 94]], and Wetlands.<ref name=":0" /> It has signed, but not ratified, the [[Antarctic-Environmental Protocol]] and conventions on Law of the Sea and Marine Dumping.<ref name=":0" /> Colombia also has signed the [[Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons]] and the [[Tlatelolco Treaty]].<ref name=":0" /> By 1975 signatories to the 1974 Declaration of Ayacucho, of which Colombia was one, had decided on limitations to nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.<ref name=":0" />

Gaining all 186 votes, Colombia served on the U.N. Security Council from 2011 to 2012 representing Latin American and the Caribbean.

Colombia is also a member of the [[International Criminal Court]] with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the United States-military (as covered under [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court|Article 98]]).

=== Domestic politics and foreign policy ===
International Relations scholars long emphasized international constraints, and particularly Colombia's relationship with the United States, as central to its foreign policy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uniandes.edu.co/es/publicaciones/libro-nuevos-enfoques-para-el-estudio-de-las-relaciones-internacionales-de-colombia|title=Nuevos enfoques para el estudio de las relaciones internacionales de Colombia|last=Saavedra|first=Maria Victoria Gonzalez|date=2017-11-30|website=Universidad de los Andes - Colombia - Sitio oficial|language=es|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> In terms of foreign policy process, presidents have broad constitutional authorities, in consultation with their foreign ministers. However, since the 2000s, the influence of other domestic actors in Colombian foreign policy-making has increased. Long, Bitar, and Jiménez-Peña examine the role of the Colombian Constitutional Court, congressional politics, social movements, and electoral challengers. They find that Colombian institutions permit increasing challenges to presidential authority, and that in important cases Colombian presidents have been forced to drop their preferred foreign policies.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Long|first1=Tom|last2=Bitar|first2=Sebastián|last3=Jiménez-Peña|first3=Gabriel|title=Domestic Contestation and Presidential Prerogative in Colombian Foreign Policy|journal=Bulletin of Latin American Research|doi=10.1111/blar.12987|issn=1470-9856|year=2019|volume=39|issue=4|pages=466–482|doi-access=free|url=http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/116627/1/WRAP-domestic-contestation-presidential-prerogative-Colombian-foreign-policy-Long-2019.pdf}}</ref>

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which Colombia maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic_relations_of_Colombia.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country
!Date<ref>{{Cite web |title=Europa |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/europa |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=América |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/america |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=África, Medio Oriente y Asia Central |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ASIA PACÍFICO |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/asia-pacifico |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2015 |title=Directorio del Cuerpo Diplomático y Consular acreditado en la República de Colombia |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/directoriocuerpodiplomatico-14abril2015jsre.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=cancilleria.gov.co |pages=7–12 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|1
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{DTS|19 June 1822}}
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{DTS|6 July 1822}}
|-
|3
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{DTS|21 October 1822}}
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{DTS|8 March 1823}}
|-
|5
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{DTS|3 October 1823}}
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{DTS|8 March 1825}}
|-
|7
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{DTS|8 March 1825}}
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|{{DTS|8 March 1825}}
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{DTS|8 March 1825}}
|-
|10
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{DTS|18 April 1825}}<ref name="britain">{{Cite web |author=[[Government of Colombia|GOV.CO]]|title=Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte|url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/europa/gran-bretana|website=Cancillería|access-date=1 February 2025|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201160848/https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/europa/gran-bretana|archive-date=1 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{DTS|1 May 1829}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Colección de tratados públicos, convenciones y declaraciones diplomáticas de los Estados Unidos de Colombia |year=1866 |pages=60 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{DTS|27 November 1831}}
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{DTS|10 February 1832}}
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|26 November 1835}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{DTS|11 June 1856}}
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{DTS|9 April 1857}}
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{DTS|13 March 1864}}
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{DTS|27 July 1870}}
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{DTS|1873}}
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{DTS|11 December 1874}}
|-
|20
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{DTS|30 January 1881}}
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{DTS|25 August 1888}}
|-
|22
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Dts|30 May 1892}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Présentation et historique |url=https://co.ambafrance.org/Presentation-et-historique |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{DTS|1902}}
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{DTS|24 April 1907}}
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{DTS|14 March 1908}}
|-
|26
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{DTS|25 May 1908}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barbosa |first=Fernando |date=24 October 2018 |title=Así comenzaron las relaciones diplomáticas entre Japón y Colombia |language=es |url=https://www.semana.com/contenidos-editoriales/japon-el-mundo-al-derecho/articulo/asi-comenzaron-las-relaciones-diplomaticas-entre-japon-y-colombia/588278/ |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{DTS|19 March 1912}}
|-
|28
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{DTS|10 January 1920}}
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{DTS|9 July 1924}}<ref name="date2">{{cite web |title=RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ |url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=30 November 2021 |page=195}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{DTS|18 May 1931}}
|-
|31
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{DTS|18 November 1933}}<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |title=SERIA WYDAWNICZA: POLSKA SŁUŻBA ZAGRANICZNA 1918–1945 – materiały źródłowe |url=https://www.archiwa.gov.pl/files/Urzednicy_sluzby_zagranicznej_PDF_small.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222121648/https://www.archiwa.gov.pl/files/Urzednicy_sluzby_zagranicznej_PDF_small.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2021 |access-date=5 June 2023 |page=271 |language=pl}}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|17 April 1934}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Klimek |first=Antonín |title=Československá zahraniční politika 1918-1938 : kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů |last2=Kubů |first2=Eduard |publisher=Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku |year=1995 |pages=106 |language=cs}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{DTS|25 June 1935}}
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{DTS|6 September 1935}}
|-
|35
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 July 1936}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2021 |title=La República Dominicana y la República de Colombia celebran hoy 18 de julio, 85 años de amistad. |work=X (formerly Twitter) |url=https://x.com/MIREXRD/status/1416747163732910080 |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|36
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{DTS|7 August 1936}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ardila |first=Daniel Gutiérrez |date=November 2014 |title=Colombia y Haití: historia de un desencuentro (1819-1831) |url=http://secuencia.mora.edu.mx/index.php/Secuencia/article/view/1323/1546 |journal=Secuencia |language=es |volume=81}}</ref>
|-
|37
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1937}}
|-
|38
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1942}}
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1946}}
|-
|40
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{DTS|14 June 1949}}
|-
|41
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{DTS|6 October 1952}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood |first=DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|42
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|13 January 1953}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kolumbian: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/kolumbien-node/kolumbien-201514 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{DTS|28 January 1953}}
|-
|43
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{DTS|26 May 1954}}
|-
|44
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{DTS|23 January 1957}}
|-style="background:#D3D3D3"
|—
|{{Flag|Israel}} (suspended)
|{{DTS|1 July 1957}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 May 2024 |title=Comunicado de Prensa: Colombia anuncia ruptura de relaciones diplomáticas con Israel |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/newsroom/news/comunicado-prensa-colombia-anuncia-ruptura-relaciones-diplomaticas-israel |access-date=2 May 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|45
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{DTS|10 April 1959}}
|-
|46
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{DTS|19 January 1959}}
|-
|47
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{DTS|10 March 1962}}
|-
|48
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{DTS|26 December 1964}}
|-
|49
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{DTS|22 February 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Exposición |publisher=Colombia. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 1964 |pages=103}}</ref>
|-
|50
|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{DTS|22 February 1965}}
|-
|51
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{DTS|24 February 1965}}
|-
|52
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{DTS|11 February 1966}}
|-
|53
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{DTS|December 1966}}
|-
|54
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{DTS|15 November 1967}}
|-
|55
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{DTS|22 February 1968}}
|-
|56
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{DTS|19 June 1970}}
|-
|57
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{DTS|18 December 1970}}
|-
|58
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{DTS|21 April 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bulletin de documentation_1971_3 |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/bulletin/1971/BID_1971_3/BID_1971_3.pdf |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=sip.gouvernement.lu |page=39 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|59
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{DTS|1 February 1972}}
|-
|60
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{DTS|16 December 1972}}
|-
|61
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{DTS|28 March 1973}}
|-
|62
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{DTS|8 May 1973}}
|-
|63
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{DTS|9 January 1975}}
|-
|64
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{DTS|27 January 1975}}
|-
|65
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{DTS|28 April 1975}}
|-
|66
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1976}}
|-
|67
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{DTS|16 August 1977}}
|-
|68
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{DTS|1 May 1978}}
|-
|69
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{DTS|22 June 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lijst van Diplomatieke Betrekkingen en Visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten |url=http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416134520/http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2019 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=gov.sr |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
|70
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1979}}
|-
|71
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1979}}
|-
|72
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1979}}
|-
|73
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1979}}
|-
|74
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1979}}
|-
|75
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{DTS|22 January 1979}}
|-
|76
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{DTS|5 December 1979}}
|-
|77
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{DTS|7 February 1980}}
|-
|78
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{DTS|15 September 1980}}
|-
|79
|{{Flag|Dominica}}
|{{DTS|9 December 1980}}
|-
|80
|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{DTS|9 January 1981}}
|-
|81
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|{{DTS|20 January 1981}}
|-
|82
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{DTS|17 March 1981}}
|-
|83
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{DTS|6 May 1981}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Revista javeriana |publisher=Editora L. Canal y Asociados |year=1981 |volume=471–475 |pages=482 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|84
|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|{{DTS|14 July 1981}}
|-
|85
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{DTS|1 August 1981}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 September 2016 |title=Cancilleres de Colombia y Senegal hicieron revisión de la agenda bilateral en Nueva York |language=es |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/newsroom/news/cancilleres-colombia-senegal-hicieron-revision-agenda-bilateral-nueva-york |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|86
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{DTS|11 September 1981}}
|-
|87
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{DTS|28 October 1981}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Revista javeriana |publisher=Editora L. Canal y Asociados |year=1982 |volume=481–485 |pages=86 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|88
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|{{DTS|15 February 1982}}
|-
|89
|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{DTS|18 March 1982}}
|-
|90
|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{DTS|18 March 1982}}
|-
|91
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{DTS|22 October 1982}}
|-
|92
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{DTS|15 December 1982}}
|-
|93
|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1984}}
|-
|94
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{DTS|14 February 1984}}
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}
|{{DTS|27 February 1984}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 August 2022 |title=Colombia restablece relaciones diplomáticas con la República Saharaui |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2022/08/11/colombia-restablece-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-la-republica-saharaui/ |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|95
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{DTS|1 August 1985}}
|-
|96
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{DTS|16 April 1986}}
|-
|97
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{DTS|6 May 1987}}
|-
|98
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{DTS|1 July 1987}}
|-
|99
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{DTS|27 July 1987}}<ref name="un2">{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Colombia and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Colombia+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
|-
|100
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{DTS|19 August 1987}}
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|101
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{DTS|10 September 1987}}
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|102
|{{Flag|Samoa}}
|{{DTS|1 December 1987}}
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|103
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{DTS|2 March 1988}}
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|104
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{DTS|21 April 1988}}
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|105
|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{DTS|29 April 1988}}
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|106
|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{DTS|10 May 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|107
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{DTS|24 May 1988}}
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|108
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{DTS|23 June 1988}}
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|109
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{DTS|5 August 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|110
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{DTS|8 August 1988}}
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|111
|{{Flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{DTS|12 August 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|112
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{DTS|14 August 1988}}
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|113
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{DTS|27 September 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|114
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{DTS|28 September 1988}}
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|115
|{{Flag|Chad}}
|{{DTS|29 September 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|116
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{DTS|29 September 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|117
|{{Flag|Mali}}
|{{DTS|29 September 1988}}
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|118
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{DTS|29 September 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|119
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{DTS|30 September 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|120
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{DTS|30 September 1988}}
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|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{DTS|30 September 1988}}
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|122
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{DTS|30 September 1988}}
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|123
|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{DTS|3 October 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|124
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{DTS|3 October 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|125
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{DTS|3 October 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|126
|{{Flag|Somalia}}
|{{DTS|3 October 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|127
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{DTS|3 October 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|128
|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|{{DTS|3 October 1988}}
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|129
|{{Flag|Niger}}
|{{DTS|5 October 1988}}
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|130
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{DTS|10 October 1988}}
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|131
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{DTS|24 October 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|132
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{DTS|11 November 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|133
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{DTS|16 November 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|134
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|{{DTS|22 November 1988}}
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|135
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{DTS|30 November 1988}}<ref name="un2" />
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|136
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{DTS|8 March 1989}}<ref name="un2" />
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|137
|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{DTS|23 March 1989}}<ref name="un2" />
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|138
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{DTS|18 April 1989}}
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|139
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{DTS|5 May 1989}}<ref name="un2" />
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|140
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{DTS|25 April 1990}}<ref name="un2" />
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|141
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{DTS|28 April 1990}}<ref name="un2" />
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|142
|{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{DTS|3 August 1990}}
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|143
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{DTS|24 March 1992}}
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|144
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{DTS|23 July 1992}}
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|145
|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{DTS|5 August 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=LISTING OF ALL COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (As of 13 February 2019) |url=https://www.rmiembassyus.org/about-2 |url-status=dead |access-date=29 November 2021 |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718175857/https://www.rmiembassyus.org/about-2 }}</ref>
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|146
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{DTS|20 August 1992}}
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|147
|{{Flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}
|{{DTS|8 September 1992}}<ref name="Dates">{{cite web |title=FSM Diplomatic Relations List |url=http://www.fsmgov.org/diprel.html |access-date=13 November 2022 |publisher=Government of the Federated States of Micronesia}}</ref>
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|148
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{DTS|9 December 1992}}
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|149
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{DTS|1 January 1993}}
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|150
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{DTS|5 August 1993}}
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|151
|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{DTS|6 October 1993}}
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|152
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{DTS|23 March 1994}}
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|153
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{DTS|12 April 1994}}
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|154
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{DTS|19 July 1994}}
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|155
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{DTS|13 December 1994}}
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|156
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{DTS|22 December 1994}}
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|157
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{DTS|22 December 1994}}<ref name="un2" />
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|158
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{DTS|25 April 1995}}
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|159
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{DTS|9 May 1995}}
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|160
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{DTS|15 June 1995}}<ref name="un2" />
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|161
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{DTS|19 July 1995}}<ref name="un2" />
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|162
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{DTS|19 October 1995}}
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|163
|{{Flag|Andorra}}
|{{DTS|27 November 1995}}
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|164
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{DTS|16 May 1996}}
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|165
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{DTS|27 August 1996}}
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|166
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{DTS|6 June 1997}}
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|167
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{DTS|14 October 1997}}
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|168
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{DTS|30 March 1998}}
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|169
|{{Flag|Lesotho}}
|{{DTS|17 April 1998}}
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|170
|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{DTS|1 July 1999}}
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|171
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{DTS|10 November 1999}}
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|172
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{DTS|22 June 2000}}
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|173
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{DTS|15 December 2000}}
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|174
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{DTS|24 October 2001}}
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|175
|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|{{DTS|15 April 2002}}
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|176
|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{DTS|20 May 2002}}
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|177
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{DTS|12 August 2011}}
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|178
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{DTS|8 September 2011}}
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|179
|{{Flag|Tuvalu}}
|{{DTS|3 April 2012}}
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|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{DTS|2 October 2012}}
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|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{DTS|5 October 2012}}
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|{{Flag|Bhutan}}
|{{DTS|21 December 2012}}
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|—
|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{dts|6 August 2018}}<ref name=":1">{{cite news |author=Alberto Mario Suárez Durán |date=8 August 2018 |title=Colombia reconoce a Palestina como Estado |trans-title=Colombia recognizes Palestine as a State |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/medio-oriente/embajada-palestina-dice-que-colombia-lo-reconoce-como-estado-253354 |access-date=8 August 2018 |newspaper=El Tiempo |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Dirección del Protocolo Precedencias Diplomáticas |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/FOTOS%202024/Precedencia%202%20de%20febrero%20de%202024.pdf |access-date=6 April 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|{{DTS|3 March 2019}}
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|{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{DTS|23 September 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2024 |title=Colombia estableció relaciones diplomáticas con las Islas Salomón, esto le permite al país generar oportunidades para estrechar la comunicación y el trabajo entre las dos naciones en temas de interés mutuo como el Intercambio comercial y la conexión permanente con las Islas del Pacífico |url=https://x.com/LuisGMurillo/status/1838298204518953257 |access-date=23 September 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
|}

==Bilateral relations==
{{Incomplete list|date=December 2024}}

===Americas===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Argentina }}||<!--Date started-->8 March 1823 || See [[Argentina–Colombia relations]]
* Argentina has an embassy in [[Bogotá]].
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://argentina.embajada.gov.co/
 |title=Colombian embassy in Buenos Aires
 |language=es}}
</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]], [[Latin American Economic System]], [[Latin American Integration Association]], [[Rio Group]] and [[Union of South American Nations]].
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120219174941/http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/portal/seree/ditra/co.html List of Treaties ruling the relations Argentina and Colombia (Argentine Foreign Ministry]
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Bolivia}}||<!--Date started-->19 March 1912||See [[Bolivia–Colombia relations]]
* Bolivia has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Colombia has an embassy in [[La Paz]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Brazil}}||<!--Date started-->24 April 1907||See [[Brazil–Colombia relations]]
* Brazil has an embassy in Bogotá and a vice-consulate in [[Leticia, Amazonas|Leticia]].
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Brasília]] and consulates-general in [[Manaus]], [[São Paulo]] and in [[Tabatinga]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Canada }}||<!--Date started-->6 October 1952||See [[Canada–Colombia relations]]
* Canada has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/colombia-colombie/| title = Embassy of Canada in Colombia}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Ottawa]] and consulates-general in [[Calgary]], [[Montreal]], [[Toronto]] and [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ottawa.consulado.gov.co| title = Embassy of Colombia in Ottawa}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Chile}}||<!--Date started-->21 October 1822||See [[Chile–Colombia relations]]

Both nations are members of the [[Pacific Alliance]].
* Chile has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Santiago]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Ecuador }}||<!--Date started-->10 February 1832||See [[Colombia–Ecuador relations]]

Present-day Colombia and Ecuador trace back established official diplomatic relations to December, 1831 with the signing of the Treaty of Pasto, in which both countries recognized each other as sovereign states. The Ecuadorean diplomatic mission in New Granada (Colombia) did not open until 1837. It wasn't until 1939 that Ecuador raised the diplomatic mission's status to an official embassy. Colombia did the same the following year, in 1940.<ref>[http://www.mmrree.gov.ec/mre/documentos/ministerio/archivo_historico/radi/colombia.pdf mmrree.gov.ec diplomatic relations of Colombia and Ecuador] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620013003/http://www.mmrree.gov.ec/mre/documentos/ministerio/archivo_historico/radi/colombia.pdf |date=June 20, 2009 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Quito]].
* Ecuador has an embassy in Bogotá.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Guyana}}||<!--Date started-->18 December 1970||See [[Colombia–Guyana relations]]
* Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 18 December 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-02-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-07 }}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of [[Organization of American States]], [[Association of Caribbean States]] and [[Union of South American Nations]].
* Colombia is accredited to Guyana from its embassy in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
* Guyana is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Mexico }}||<!--Date started-->3 October 1823 ||See [[Colombia–Mexico relations]]

* Colombia has an embassy in [[Mexico City]] and consulates in [[Cancún]] and [[Guadalajara]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mexico.embajada.gov.co| title = Embassy of Colombia in Mexico City}}</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/colombia/| title = Embassy of Mexico in Bogotá)}}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]] and the [[Pacific Alliance]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Nicaragua }}||<!--Date started-->8 March 1825||See [[Colombia–Nicaragua relations]]

The relationship between the two Latin American countries has evolved amid conflicts over the [[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina|San Andrés y Providencia Islands]] located in the Caribbean close to the Nicaraguan shoreline and the maritime boundaries covering {{convert|150000|km²|0|abbr=on}} that included the islands of [[San Andrés (island)|San Andrés]], [[Providencia Island|Providencia]] and [[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina|Santa Catalina]] and the banks of [[Roncador Bank|Roncador]], Serrana, [[Serranilla Bank|Serranilla]] and [[Quita Sueño Bank|Quitasueño]] as well as the arbitrarily designed [[82nd meridian west]] which Colombia claims as a border but which the International Court has sided with Nicaragua in disavowing.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-latin-american-border-tensions-rise17sep07?single_page=y&print=y| title = LA Times: Border tensions rise in Central & South America}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Managua]].
* Nicaragua has an embassy in Bogotá.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Panama}}||<!--Date started-->9 July 1924||See [[Colombia–Panama relations]]

* Colombia has an embassy in [[Panama City]] and consulates in [[Colón, Panama|Colón]], [[Jaqué]] and in [[Puerto Obaldía]].
* Panama has an embassy in Bogotá and a consulate-general in [[Barranquilla]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Paraguay }}||<!--Date started-->27 July 1870||See [[Colombia–Paraguay relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Asunción]].
* Paraguay has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Both countries are full members of [[Union of South American Nations]], [[Organization of American States]], [[Organization of Ibero-American States]], [[Rio Group]], [[Group of 77]], [[Latin American Economic System]] and [[Latin American Integration Association]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120217191728/http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/representaciones/Embajadas.asp?CodRepresentacion=29&tipo=1 Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Relations about relations with Colombia]
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Peru}}||<!--Date started-->6 July 1822||See [[Colombia–Peru relations]]

Both nations are members of the [[Pacific Alliance]].
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Lima]] and a consulate-general in [[Iquitos]].
* Peru has an embassy in Bogotá and a consulate-general in [[Leticia, Amazonas|Leticia]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|United States }}||<!--Date started-->19 June 1822 ||See [[Colombia–United States relations]]

The country traditionally has had good relations with the United States. Relations were strained during the presidency of [[Ernesto Samper Pizano|Ernesto Samper]] (1994–98) due to accusations of receiving illegal campaign funding from the [[Cali Cartel]]. Relations between the two countries greatly improved during the [[Andrés Pastrana|Pastrana]] administration (1998–2002). In January 2000, the Clinton administration pledged more than US$1 billion of mainly military assistance to Colombia to assist the antidrug component of President Pastrana's strategy known as [[Plan Colombia]].

Relations with the United States became a foreign policy priority for the [[Álvaro Uribe|Uribe administration]], and Colombia became an important ally in the "[[War on Terrorism]]". In March 2002, in response to a request from U.S. President [[George W. Bush]], the [[U.S. Congress]] lifted restrictions on U.S. assistance to Colombia to allow it to be used for counterinsurgency in addition to antidrug operations. U.S. support for Colombia's antidrug-trafficking efforts included slightly more than US$2.5 billion between 2000 and 2004, as compared with only about US$300 million in 1998. Some critics of current US policies in Colombia, such as Law Professor John Barry, claim that US influences have catalyzed internal conflicts.

Colombia rejects threats and blackmail of the United States of America after the threat of [[Donald Trump]] to decertify the country as a partner in counter-narcotics efforts.<ref name = "Nobody has to threaten us: Colombia in response to Trump"/>

{{Blockquote|For more than 30 years Colombia has demonstrated its commitment – paying a very high cost in human lives – with overcoming the drug problem. This commitment stems from the profound conviction that the consumption, production and trafficking of drugs constitute a serious threat to the well-being and security of citizens. Colombia is undoubtedly the country that has fought the most drugs and with more successes on this front. No one has to threaten us to meet this challenge.|source= Colombia’s National Government <ref name = "Nobody has to threaten us: Colombia in response to Trump">{{Cite web |url=http://es.presidencia.gov.co/sitios/busqueda/noticia/170914-Comunicado-del-Gobierno-Nacional/Noticia |title=Comunicado del Gobierno Nacional |date=2017-09-14 |website=presidencia.gov.co |access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>}}

{{Blockquote|The problem of drugs is global. Overcoming it can only be achieved through cooperation and under the principle of joint responsibility. Consumer countries’ authorities have a fundamental responsibility to their fellow citizens and the world to reduce consumption and to attack trafficking and distribution organizations in their own countries.|source= Colombia’s National Government <ref name = "Nobody has to threaten us: Colombia in response to Trump"/>}}

Latin America rejects Trump's military threat against Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-military-idUSKBN1AR2GR |title= Latin America rejects Trump's military threat against Venezuela |date= 11 August 2017|publisher = reuters.com}}</ref> [[Brazil]], Colombia and other countries in the region prefer to play a constructive role that would prevent a civil war in Venezuela.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/opinion/trump-maduro-venezuela-latin-america.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/opinion/trump-maduro-venezuela-latin-america.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title= Strongmen Have the Edge With Trump. Why Not Maduro?|newspaper = nytimes.com |date=16 July 2018 |access-date= 7 August 2018 |last1=Shifter |first1=Michael |last2=Toppelberg |first2=David }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Colombia's Foreign Ministry said that all efforts to resolve [[Crisis in Venezuela (2012–present)|Venezuela's crisis]] should be peaceful.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://es.presidencia.gov.co/noticia/170812-Comunicado-de-prensa-del-Ministerio-de-Relaciones-Exteriores |title= Comunicado de prensa del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |date=2 June 2017 |language = es|website=presidencia.gov.co}}</ref> Colombia proposed the idea of the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] and a final document was adopted by the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://impakter.com/short-history-sdgs/|title= A Short History of the SDGS. |date= 20 September 2016 |publisher = impakter.com |access-date= 8 October 2017}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], and consulates-general in [[Atlanta]], [[Boston]], [[Chicago]], [[Houston]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Miami]], [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[San Francisco]] and in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.colombiaemb.org| title = Embassy of Colombia in Washington, DC}}</ref>
* United States has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bogota.usembassy.gov/ |title=Embassy of the United States in Bogotá |access-date=2008-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430134302/http://bogota.usembassy.gov/ |archive-date=2008-04-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Uruguay}}||<!--Date started-->25 August 1888||See [[Colombia–Uruguay relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Montevideo]].
* Uruguay has an embassy in Bogotá.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Venezuela }}||<!--Date started-->27 November 1831, Severed in 23 February 2019, Restored in 29 August 2022||See [[Colombia–Venezuela relations]]

The relationship has developed since the early 16th century, when Spanish empire colonizers created the province of [[Santa Marta]] (now Colombia){{Unreliable source?|date=December 2007}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Roa|first=Alberto Saldarriaga|title=Fundación de Santa Marta|url=http://www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_historia/02_la_conquista/0010_fundacion_santamarta.html|publisher=Colombialink.com|access-date=2007-11-25|language=es|archive-date=2007-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218212743/http://www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_historia/02_la_conquista/0010_fundacion_santamarta.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and the province of New Andalucia (now Venezuela).<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruano|first=Maru|title=Cumaná|url=http://es.catholic.net/escritoresactuales/499/1119/articulo.php?id=11565|publisher=Catholic.net|access-date=2007-11-26|language=es}}</ref> The countries share a history for achieving their independence under [[Simón Bolívar]] and becoming one nation—the [[Gran Colombia]]—which dissolved in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mabry |first=Donald J |title=Gran Colombia and the United Provinces of Central America |url=http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=354 |publisher=Historical Text Archive |access-date=2007-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022144317/http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=354 |archive-date=2007-10-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Following then, the overall relationship between the two countries has vacillated between cooperation and bilateral struggle.

In February 2019, Venezuelan president [[Nicolás Maduro]] cut diplomatic relations with Colombia after Colombian President [[Ivan Duque]] helped Venezuelan opposition politicians deliver humanitarian aid to their country. Colombia recognized Venezuelan opposition leader [[Juan Guaidó|Juan Guaido]] as the country's legitimate president. In January 2020,  Colombia rejected Maduro's proposal that the two countries restore diplomatic relations.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-venezuela-idUSKBN1ZT30R| title = Reuters| website = [[Reuters]]}}</ref> Following the election of Colombian President [[Gustavo Petro]], the two countries restored diplomatic relations in August 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-29 |title=Venezuela and Colombia restore diplomatic ties after three years |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20220829-venezuela-and-colombia-restore-diplomatic-ties-after-3-years |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Caracas]] and maintains several consulates throughout the country.
* Venezuela has an embassy in [[Bogotá]] and maintains several consulates throughout the country.
|}

===Asia===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Armenia}}||<!--Date started-->22 December 1994||

Both countries established diplomatic relations on December 22, 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.am/en/country-by-country/co/ |title=Colombia - Bilateral Relations - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia |access-date=2017-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702160759/http://mfa.am/en/country-by-country/co/ |archive-date=2017-07-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Armenia is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
* Colombia is accredited to Armenia from its embassy in Moscow, Russia.
|--valign="top"
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}||<!--Date started-->13 December 1994||See [[Azerbaijan–Colombia relations]]
* Azerbaijan has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Baku]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://azerbaiyan.embajada.gov.co| title = Embassy of Colombia in Baku}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|China}}||<!--Date started-->7 February 1980||See [[China–Colombia relations]]
* China has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Beijing]] and consulates-general in [[Guangzhou]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Shanghai]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|India}}||<!--Date started-->19 January 1959||
{{Main|Colombia–India relations}}
The relationship between the two countries has been gradually increasing with more frequent diplomatic visits to promote political, commercial cultural and academic exchanges. Colombia is currently the commercial point of entry into Latin America for Indian companies.<ref name=autogenerated3>[http://www.minrelext.gov.co/WebContentManager/webapp/display.jsp?sid=9902&pid=7256 Colombian ministry of foreign affairs: Colombia-India relations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216114159/http://www.minrelext.gov.co/WebContentManager/webapp/display.jsp?sid=9902&pid=7256 |date=December 16, 2007 }} {{in lang|es}} Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Accessed December 14, 2007.</ref>
* India has an embassy in [[Bogotá]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.embajadaindia.org/en/ |title=Indian Embassy in Colombia |access-date=2015-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512024119/http://www.embajadaindia.org/en |archive-date=2015-05-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.embajadaindia.org/en/embassy/colombia-in-india |title=Colombia Embassy in India |access-date=2015-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512040645/http://www.embajadaindia.org/en/embassy/colombia-in-india |archive-date=2015-05-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy20451/| title = Colombian Embassy in India}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Indonesia}}||<!--Date started-->15 September 1980||
{{Main|Colombia–Indonesia relations}}
Both countries are members of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]], the [[Pacific Economic Cooperation Council]], the [[Cairns Group]], and the [[CIVETS]] block.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Jakarta]].
* Indonesia has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Israel}}||<!--Date started-->1 July 1957 '''(Diplomatic relations severed in 2 May 2024)'''||
{{Main|Colombia–Israel relations}}

In a 2019 article in the [[Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs]], Marcos Peckel, a Colombian scholar noted that Colombian-Israeli relations can be looked through the lenses of military cooperation, trade links, education and culture, and recognition of Palestine.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23739770.2019.1727222|doi = 10.1080/23739770.2019.1727222|title = Colombia and Israel: Toward a Special Relationship|year = 2019|last1 = Peckel|first1 = Marcos|journal = Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs|volume = 13|issue = 3|pages = 353–363|s2cid = 216470716|url-access = subscription}}</ref> Militarily, Colombia was one of the first countries to give Israel weapons and engage in arms deals, which became an long-term bilateral agreement. Since then, Israel and Colombia have shared intelligence, and as Peckel explains, several pieces of Israeli technology. Trade-wise, too, both countries had a strong relationship. The Free Trade Agreement, a pending agreement between Colombia and Israel, hds the potential to further strengthen these relationships by boosting Colombian imports in Israel and increasing the presence of Israeli technology in Colombia. The spheres of education and culture between Colombia and Israel were deeply interwoven through Israeli scholarships to Colombians and a presence of media in each country.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} 
 
"Colombia supports the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel within mutually agreed-upon borders. It considers [[Israeli settlement|Israeli settlements]] in the West Bank [[Legality of Israeli settlements|illegal]] but strongly condemns Palestinian terrorism, and it advocates for a lasting peace based on the [[two-state solution]]".{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} On resolutions in the UN General Assembly that compared Zionism to racism and wanted to establish a [[Palestinian right of return|right to return for Palestinians]], Colombia abstained. In 2018, Colombia officially [[International recognition of Palestine|recognized the State of Palestine]]. Despite creating a bump in the relations between the countries, the two re-established strong relations.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} On 1 May 2024, President of Colombia  [[Gustavo Petro]] broke diplomatic ties with Israel as a result of the [[Gaza war]].
 
* Colombia had an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]]. 
* Israel had an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Japan}}||<!--Date started-->25 May 1908||
{{Main|Colombia–Japan relations}}
The relationship was officially established in 1908, only interrupted between 1942 and 1954 with the surge of World War II. Relations are mostly based on commercial trade that has favored Japan interests, cultural exchanges and technological and philanthropic aid to Colombia.<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://es.colombiaembassy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=68 Colombian embassy in Japan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903195855/http://es.colombiaembassy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=68 |date=September 3, 2007 }}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Tokyo]].
* Japan has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Malaysia}}||19 August 1987<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecolombia.com.my/bilateral.html |title='''(Spanish)''' Relaciones bilaterales |access-date=2012-12-08 |publisher=Embassy of the Republic of Colombia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204064631/http://www.ecolombia.com.my/bilateral.html |archive-date=2013-02-04 }}</ref>||{{main|Colombia–Malaysia relations}}
Ambassador of Colombia in Malaysia also accredited to [[Vietnam]], while Malaysian Embassy in [[Lima]], [[Peru]], accredited to Colombia. Both are members of [[United Nations]], Movement of Non-Aligned Cooperation Forum Asia-Latin America (FEALAC) and [[Pacific Economic Cooperation Council]] (PECC).{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Kuala Lumpur]].
* Malaysia is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in [[Lima]], Peru.
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|{{flag|Pakistan}}||<!--Date started-->19 June 1970||

Both Pakistan and Colombia do not enjoy cordial dealings with some of their neighbours. Another common aspect that makes the task of both Colombian and Pakistan Armed forces even tougher is the difficult terrain they have been encountering. Poverty, income inequality, destruction and degradation of other vital organs of the state have consequently been the natural by-products of insubordination and rebellions in both Colombia and [[Pakistan]]. Both the countries have similar Gross Domestic Products (GDPs) too. While the Colombian Purchasing Power Parity GDP stands at $460.406 billion, Pakistan s GDP stands at $464.897 billion (latest IMF statistics). Like Colombia, Pakistan also witnesses a large presence of the US military personnel and civilian contractors on its territory. Colombia established diplomatic relations with Pakistan in 1980, but bilateral trade between the two countries was negligible which needed to be improved for the benefit of both nations.
* Colombia is accredited to Pakistan from its embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
* Pakistan is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in [[Brasília]], Brazil.
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|{{PAL}}
|<!--Date started-->6 August 2018 (recognized)<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
|See [[Embassy of Palestine, Bogotá]], [[Colombia-Palestine relations]]
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|{{flag|Philippines}}||<!--Date started-->1 January 1946||See [[Colombia–Philippines relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Manila]].
* Philippines is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
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|{{flag|South Korea }}||<!--Date started-->10 March 1962<ref name="mofa.go.kr">{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24570.jsp?menu=m_30_30 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea |website=www.mofa.go.kr |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122011142/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24570.jsp?menu=m_30_30 |archive-date=22 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>||See [[Colombia–South Korea relations]]
* Formal diplomatic relations between South Korea and Colombia started on 10 March 1962.
* Colombia sent about 1,000 men to Korea to assist South Korea during the [[Korean War]].
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Seoul]].
* South Korea has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||<!--Date started-->10 April 1959<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/en/turkey| title=Cancilleria Turkey| date=5 November 2011}}</ref>||See [[Colombia–Turkey relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Ankara]].
* Turkey has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Both countries are members of [[OECD]] and [[WTO]].
* Direct flights from [[Istanbul]] to [[Bogotá]] commenced in May 2016.
* Trade volume between the two countries was US$1.7 billion USD in 2019 (Colombian exports/imports: 1.46/0.25 billion USD).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-colombia.en.mfa | title=Relations between Turkey and Colombia}}</ref>
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===Europe===
Under the Uribe administration, Colombia's relations with the [[European Union]] (EU) have been cordial. Representatives of the EU have been critical of Colombia's antiguerrilla and antidrug strategies in several respects. The EU is particularly concerned about the potential for increased [[human rights in Colombia|human rights abuses within Colombia]] at the hands of both government forces and illegal armed groups, and it has continued to distance itself from [[Plan Colombia]]. The EU is in favor of a negotiated solution to the nation's internal conflict. EU aid to Colombia has mainly consisted of social, economic and development investments.

In 2004, the EU as an entity did not offer unrestricted support for the Uribe government's peace initiative with paramilitaries, citing concerns over the possible lack of a credible and comprehensive peace strategy and its application, but it did approve US$2 million in aid for the process. Individual EU members such Sweden, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands also provided limited support on their own.<ref>[http://www.cipresearch.fuhem.es/pazyseguridad/docs/documento_estrategico_2_UEColombia.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331034029/http://www.cipresearch.fuhem.es/pazyseguridad/docs/documento_estrategico_2_UEColombia.pdf|date=March 31, 2010}}</ref>

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|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began
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|{{flag|Andorra }}||<!--Date started-->27 November 1995
|
* Andorra does not have an accreditation to Colombia.
* Colombia's embassy in Madrid, Spain is accredited to the Principality of Andorra.
In February 2013, Colombia's Foreign Minister at the time made an official visit to Andorra in order to strengthen relations between the two countries.<ref>[http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/andorra Principado de Andorra | Cancillería<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104122414/http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/andorra |date=2014-11-04 }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Austria }}||<!--Date started-->10 January 1920 ||See [[Austria–Colombia relations]]
* Austria has an embassy in Bogotá.
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Vienna]].
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|{{flag|Belarus }}||<!--Date started-->9 December 1992
|
On May 19, 1998, Colombia and Belarus signed a collaboration agreement between both countries.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regions/europe/union/non-member/belarus| title = Cancillería<!-- Bot generated title -->| work = Cancillería}}</ref>
* Belarus is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Quito, Ecuador.
* Colombia is accredited to Belarus from its embassy in Moscow, Russia.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Belgium }}||<!--Date started-->1873
|
* Belgium has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.diplomatie.be/bogota/| title = Belgian embassy in Bogotá (in Spanish)}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Brussels]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.emcolbru.org/english.htm |title=Colombian embassy in Brussels |access-date=2009-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112105858/http://www.emcolbru.org/english.htm |archive-date=2012-01-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Czech Republic }}||<!--Date started-->January 1993
|
* Colombia is accredited to the Czech Republic from its embassy in Vienna, Austria.(<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/?zu=bogota| title = Czech embassy in Bogotá (in Czech and Spanish only)}}</ref> Austria).<ref>[http://www.embcol.or.at/index_eng.htm Colombian embassy in Vienna (also accredited to the Czech Republic)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125200642/http://www.embcol.or.at/index_eng.htm |date=January 25, 2016 }}</ref>
* Czech Republic has an embassy in Bogotá.
* The first connections between Czechia and Colombia occurred in the times of [[Early modern period|colonial era]], during missionary activities of [[Jesuit]]s in that area.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web | title=Předseda vlády M. Topolánek v Kolumbii pozval prezidenta A.Uriba na návštěvu ČR | url=http://www.vlada.cz/cz/media-centrum/aktualne/predseda-vlady-m--topolanek-v-kolumbii-pozval-prezidenta-a-uriba-na-navstevu-cr-35211/ | publisher=Vláda České republiky (Czech Government – official website) | access-date=2009-05-13|language=cs}}</ref> In 1860/1870s the Czech botanist [[Benedikt Roezl]] discovered the [[cycad]] plant [[Zamia roezlii]] on the [[Pacific coast]] in Colombia. The plant is named after him. In 1922 began the consulary activities between [[Czechoslovakia]] and Colombia. Since 1926 the Colombian consul had his seat in [[Prague]]. In 1935 both countries agreed to interchange the ambassadors.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* In 2008, during his visit in Colombia, the Czech Prime Minister [[Mirek Topolánek]] negotiated a possible sale of [[Aero L-159 Alca]] [[combat aircraft]] with Colombian President [[Álvaro Uribe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=PM Topolánek visits Colombia |url=http://www.radio.cz/en/news/104078 |publisher=Radio Prague – News |access-date=2009-05-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001193147/http://www.radio.cz/en/news/104078 |archive-date=2008-10-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Topolánek chce Kolumbii prodat česká bitevní letadla | url=http://www.novinky.cz/ekonomika/140057-topolanek-chce-kolumbii-prodat-ceska-bitevni-letadla.html | publisher=Novinky.cz | access-date=2009-05-14 | language=cs | archive-date=2011-07-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726015205/http://www.novinky.cz/ekonomika/140057-topolanek-chce-kolumbii-prodat-ceska-bitevni-letadla.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{flag|France }}||<!--Date started--> 30 May 1892
|See [[Colombia–France relations]]

Officially the relations between Colombian and France began on May 30, 1892, with the signature of an agreement intended to establish French nationals in Colombia, increase commerce and navigation between the two nations.<ref>[http://www.ambafrance-co.org/spip.php?article273 La France en Colombie: Relations franco-colombiennes » Relations politiques » Présentation et historique] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Paris]].
* France has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Germany}}||<!--Date started-->1 June 1872||See [[Colombia–Germany relations]]

* Colombia has an embassy in [[Berlin]] and a consulate-general in [[Frankfurt]].
* Germany has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Hungary }}||<!--Date started-->28 March 1973
|See [[Colombia–Hungary relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Budapest]].
* Hungary has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Iceland }}||<!--Date started-->11 September 1981
|
* Colombia is accredited to Iceland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
* Iceland is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Ottawa, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iceland.is/iceland-abroad/ca/about-the-embassy/jurisdiction/colombia |title=Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |access-date=2016-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317141641/http://www.iceland.is/iceland-abroad/ca/about-the-embassy/jurisdiction/colombia |archive-date=2016-03-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Iceland and Colombia have a Free Trade Agreement through the [[EFTA]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regions/europe/union/non-member/iceland| title = Cancillería<!-- Bot generated title -->| work = Cancillería}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Ireland }}||<!--Date started-->10 November 1999||See [[Colombia–Ireland relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Dublin]].
* Ireland has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/colombia/| title = Embassy of Ireland in Colombia}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Italy }}||<!--Date started-->13 March 1864||See [[Colombia–Italy relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Rome]] and a consulate-general in [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.emcolombia.it/inicio/| title = Colombian embassy in Rome (in Italian and Spanish only)}}</ref>
* Italy has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|Kosovo }}||3 March 2019
|
* Colombia [[International recognition of Kosovo|recognized]] Kosovo on August 6, 2008.<ref name="Colombia foreign affairs">{{cite web|title=EL MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES DE COLOMBIA DECLARA QUE RECONOCE A LA REPUBLICA DE KOSOVO|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia |location=[[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] |date=2008-08-06 |url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/WebContentManager/Repositorys/site0/06AGO08KOSOVO.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813010358/http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/WebContentManager/Repositorys/site0/06AGO08KOSOVO.pdf |archive-date=2008-08-13|language=es}}</ref>
* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koha.net/arberi/148205/kosova-dhe-kolumbia-vendosin-marredhenie-diplomatike/|title=Kosova dhe Kolumbia vendosin marrëdhënie diplomatike|date=2019-03-03|website=KOHA.net|language=sq-AL|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref>
* Kosovo will open an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pacollibehgjet/status/1102058997153218560|title=Following the meeting w/ #Colombia @CancilleriaCol FM @CarlosHolmesTru last month, #Kosovo and #Colombia have established diplomatic relations by exchanging Amb. #Kosovo will open its resident Emb in Bogota and #Colombia will appoint non-res Amb from Italy. Great coop ahead!pic.twitter.com/4fCHsLlpDe|last=Pacolli|first=Behgjet|date=2019-03-02|website=@pacollibehgjet|language=en|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Liechtenstein }}||<!--Date started-->24 October 2001
|
* Colombia is accredited to Liechtenstein from its embassy in Bern, Switzerland.
* Liechtenstein and Colombia have a Free Trade Agreement through the [[EFTA]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regions/europe/union/non-member/liechtenstein| title = Cancillería<!-- Bot generated title -->| work = Cancillería}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Monaco }}||<!--Date started-->15 December 2000
|
* Colombia is accredited to Monaco from its embassy in Paris, France.
* Monaco has an honorary consulate in Bogotá.
Colombia and Monaco first stablished diplomatic relations in December 2000. In 2012, Colombia's ambassador to France at the time, presented to Monaco its credentials becoming the first non-resident ambassador to the country.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/principado-monaco| title = Principado de Mónaco {{!}} Cancillería<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Netherlands}}||<!--Date started-->1 May 1829||See [[Colombia–Netherlands relations]]
On 16 and 17 February 2022 president [[Iván Duque]] visited the Netherlands. There were talks about trade and judicial cooperation. Also a bilateral treaty for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance was signed by Dutch PM [[Mark Rutte]] and president Duque.<ref>[Koning en minister-president ontvangen president van Colombia (Dutch only]https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2022/02/14/koning-en-minister-president-ontvangen-president-van-colombia</ref>

* Colombia has an embassy in [[The Hague]], a consulate-general in [[Amsterdam]], and consulates in [[Willemstad]] ([[Curaçao]]) and in [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] ([[Aruba]]).
* Netherlands has an embassy in Bogotá.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Poland}}||<!--Date started-->18 November 1933||See [[Colombia–Poland relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Warsaw]].
* Poland has an embassy in Bogotá. 
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Portugal}}||<!--Date started-->9 April 1857||
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Lisbon]].
* Portugal has an embassy in Bogotá.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Russia }}||<!--Date started-->25 June 1935||See [[Colombia–Russia relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in Bogotá.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Serbia}}||<!--Date started-->December 1966||
* Both countries established diplomatic relations in December 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12257-colombia |title=Colombia |access-date=2016-12-31 |archive-date=2017-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101003634/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12257-colombia |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* A number of bilateral agreements in various fields have been concluded and are in force between both countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/COLOMBIA.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-12-31 |archive-date=2016-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401013333/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/COLOMBIA.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Colombia is accredited to Serbia from its embassy in Vienna, Austria.
* Serbia is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Spain}}||<!--Date started-->30 January 1881||See [[Colombia–Spain relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Madrid]]; consulates-general in [[Barcelona]] and [[Seville]] and consulates in [[Bilbao]], [[Las Palmas|Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]], [[Palma, Majorca|Palma de Mallorca]] and [[Valencia]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://espana.embajada.gov.co/| title = Colombian embassy in Madrid}}</ref>
* Spain has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>[https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/bogota/es/Paginas/index.aspx Embassy of Spain in Bogotá]</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Sweden }}||<!--Date started-->|11 December 1874||See [[Colombia–Sweden relations]]
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.embajadacolombia.se/ |title=Embajada De Colombia En Suecia |publisher=Embajadacolombia.se |access-date=2013-04-22}}</ref>
* Sweden has an embassy in Bogotá.
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|{{flag|United Kingdom }}||<!--Date started-->18 April 1825
|{{Main|Colombia–United Kingdom relations}}

Colombia established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 18 April 1825.<ref name="britain"/>
*Colombia maintains an [[Embassy of Colombia, London|embassy]] in London.<ref name="britain"/>
*The United Kingdom is accredited to Colombia through its embassy in [[Bogotá]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-colombia|title=British Embassy Bogotá|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=8 February 2024|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015135/https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-colombia|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the [[International Criminal Court]], the [[OECD]], and the [[World Trade Organization]], as well as the [[Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom|Andean countries–UK Free Trade Agreement]].<ref name="andean">{{cite web|last=Taj|first=Mitra|website=[[Reuters]]|title=Peru, Ecuador and Colombia sign trade deal with UK ahead of Brexit|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brexit-peru-idUSKCN1SL2LW|date=15 May 2019|access-date=26 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515211443/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brexit-peru-idUSKCN1SL2LW/|archive-date=15 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Bilaterally the two countries havea Cultural Agreement,<ref name="colombia"/> a Double Taxation Agreement,<ref name="colombia"/> an Investment Agreement,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/1010/colombia---united-kingdom-bit-2010-|title=Colombia - United Kingdom BIT (2010)|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814063123/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/1010/colombia---united-kingdom-bit-2010-|archive-date=14 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> a Partnership for Sustainable Growth,<ref>{{Cite web|author=British Embassy Bogotá|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/colombia-and-the-united-kingdom-renew-their-strategic-partnership-on-climate-and-nature|date=
13 January 2023|title=Colombia and the United Kingdom renew their strategic partnership on climate and nature|website=GOV.UK|access-date=1 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113194019/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/colombia-and-the-united-kingdom-renew-their-strategic-partnership-on-climate-and-nature|archive-date=13 January 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Security Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Freeman|first=Daniel|url=https://colombiareports.com/colombia-united-kingdom-sign-security-agreement/|date=21 January 2014|title=Colombia and United Kingdom sign security agreement|website=[[Colombia Reports]]|access-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604231838/https://colombiareports.com/amp/colombia-united-kingdom-sign-security-agreement/|archive-date=4 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Oceania===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Australia }}||<!--Date started-->9 January 1975||
* Australia has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-locations/missions/pages/australian-consulate-general-in-bogota-colombia.aspx| title = Embassy of Australia in Bogotá}}</ref>
* Colombia has an embassy in [[Canberra]] and a consulate-general in [[Sydney]].<ref name="Embassy of Colombia in Canberra">{{cite web| url = http://australia.embajada.gov.co| title = Embassy of Colombia in Canberra}}</ref>
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* Colombia is accredited to New Zealand from its embassy in Canberra, Australia<ref name="Embassy of Colombia in Canberra"/> and maintains a consulate-general in [[Auckland]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://auckland.consulado.gov.co| title = Consulate-General of Colombia in Auckland, New Zealand}}</ref>
* New Zealand has an embassy in Bogotá.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/latin-america/colombia/new-zealand-embassy/ |title=Embassy of New Zealand in Bogotá |access-date=2018-02-11 |archive-date=2018-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212125938/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/latin-america/colombia/new-zealand-embassy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Transnational issues==
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=== Narcotics and terrorism ===
By the 1990s, Colombia had become the world's leading supplier of refined cocaine and a growing source for heroin. More than 90% of the cocaine that entered in the 1990s the United States was produced, processed, or transshipped in Colombia. The cultivation of coca dropped between 1995 and 1999 from 3,020 to {{convert|1100|km2|0|abbr=on}}, primarily in areas where government control was more active.

Despite the death of Medellín cartel drug kingpin [[Pablo Escobar]] in 1993 and the arrests of major Cali cartel leaders in 1995 and 1996, Colombian drug cartels remain among the most sophisticated criminal organizations in the world, controlling cocaine processing, international wholesale distribution chains, and markets. In 1999 Colombian police arrested over 30 narcotraffickers, most of them extraditable, in "Operation Millennium" involving extensive international cooperation. More arrests were made in a following "Operation Millennium II."

Colombia is engaged in a broad range of narcotics control activities. Through aerial spraying of herbicide and manual eradication, Colombia has attempted to keep coca, opium poppy, and [[cannabis cultivation]] from expanding. The government has committed itself to the eradication of all illicit crops, interdiction of drug shipments, and financial controls to prevent money laundering. Alternative development programs were introduced in 1999.

Corruption and intimidation by traffickers complicate the drug-control efforts of the institutions of government. Colombia passed revised criminal procedures code in 1993 that permits traffickers to surrender and negotiate lenient sentences in return for cooperating with prosecutors. In December 1996 and February 1997, however, the Colombian Congress passed legislation to toughen sentencing, asset forfeiture, and money-laundering penalties.

In November 1997, the Colombian Congress amended the constitution to permit the extradition of Colombian nationals, albeit not retroactively. In late 1999, President Pastrana authorized the first extradition in almost 10 years of a Colombian trafficker to stand trial for U.S. crimes. Three such extraditions to the United States have taken place, the most recent in August 2000, with cases against others pending in Colombian courts. Under the Pastrana administration, [[Plan Colombia]] was developed and implemented with U.S. backing.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/latin-america-confronts-the-united-states/72E4BB5F602CE1976DF765AEEA606465|title=Latin America Confronts the United States by Tom Long|last=Long|first=Tom|date=November 2015|website=Cambridge Core|doi=10.1017/cbo9781316343890|access-date=2019-09-06|isbn=9781316343890}}</ref>

During the presidency of [[Álvaro Uribe]], the government applied more military pressure on the FARC and other outlawed groups. After the offensive, many security indicators improved. Colombia achieved a great decrease in cocaine production, leading White House drug czar R. Gil Kerlikowske to announce that Colombia is no longer the world's biggest producer of cocaine.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ultimas_noticias/2012/07/120730_ultnot_droga_colombia_zar_tsb.shtml|title= Colombia is no longer the world's biggest producer of cocaine.| work= bbc.co.uk|language=es|access-date= 24 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="usatoday1">{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/07/white-house-colombia-is-no-longer-top-cocaine-producer/1|title= Colombia no longer top cocaine producer| publisher=usatoday.com|access-date= 24 April 2013|date=2012-07-30}}</ref>

In addition to the challenge posed to the United States by Colombian drug trafficking, illegal Colombian immigrants in the United States are an issue in Colombia-U.S. relations. According to figures from the [[U.S. Department of Homeland Security]], [[Colombia]] is the fourth-leading source country of [[illegal immigration to the United States]]. According to its [[estimates]], the number of illegal Colombian residents in the United States almost tripled from 51,000 in 1990 to 141,000 in 2000.<ref name=ins>{{cite web|work=Office of Policy and Planning U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service|url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/Ill_Report_1211.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101013719/http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/Ill_Report_1211.pdf |archive-date=2006-11-01 |url-status=live|title=Estimates of the illegal immigrant population residing in the United States: 1990 to 2000|access-date=2012-03-04}}</ref> According to the US Census Bureau, the number of [[authorized]] Colombian immigrants in the United States in 2006 was 801,363.<ref>U.S. Census Bureau, [https://www.census.gov Selected Population Profile in the United States: Colombians]  U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved on 2008-02-07. "S0201. Selected Population Profile in the United States; Population Group: Colombian; Data Set: 2006 American Community Survey; Survey: 2006 American Community Survey. (Via: Main>Data Sets>American Community Surveys>Selected Population Profiles (Geographic Type=Nation, Ethnic Group=Colombian)".</ref>

Colombia rejected threats of the United States of America after the threat of [[Donald Trump]] to decertify the country as a partner in counter-narcotics efforts.<ref name = "Nobody has to threaten us: Colombia in response to Trump"/>

{{Blockquote|For more than 30 years Colombia has demonstrated its commitment – paying a very high cost in human lives – with overcoming the drug problem. This commitment stems from the profound conviction that the consumption, production and trafficking of drugs constitute a serious threat to the well-being and security of citizens. Colombia is undoubtedly the country that has fought the most drugs and with more successes on this front. No one has to threaten us to meet this challenge.|source= Colombia’s National Government <ref name = "Nobody has to threaten us: Colombia in response to Trump">{{Cite web |url=http://es.presidencia.gov.co/sitios/busqueda/noticia/170914-Comunicado-del-Gobierno-Nacional/Noticia |title=Comunicado del Gobierno Nacional |date=2017-09-14 |website=presidencia.gov.co |access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>}}

{{Blockquote|The problem of drugs is global. Overcoming it can only be achieved through cooperation and under the principle of joint responsibility. Consumer countries’ authorities have a fundamental responsibility to their fellow citizens and the world to reduce consumption and to attack trafficking and distribution organizations in their own countries.|source= Colombia’s National Government <ref name = "Nobody has to threaten us: Colombia in response to Trump"/>}}

==See also==
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Colombia]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Colombia]]
* [[Security issues in Colombia]]

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