News: Strengthening relations with Colombia, 22-Jan.-2021 – NATO HQ

On 22 January 2021, Colombian Vice Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Meja, Vice Defence Minister for Strategy and Planning Jairo Garca, and NATO representatives decided to extend their bilateral cooperation.

Colombia, a partner since 2017, and NATO have been developing common approaches to security challenges in areas such as intelligence-sharing, cyber defence, maritime security, the fight against corruption, and terrorism and its links to transnational organised crime; they have also cooperated to reinforce the capabilities of the Colombian armed forces through education and training. New areas of cooperation could potentially include resilience, interoperability and defence capability planning.

Colombia, NATOs only partner in Latin America, contributes to international security in many ways. It took part, for instance in NATOs Operation Ocean Shield in 2015 and contributes to UN-led operations in other parts of the world as far-flung as the Western Sahara and Lebanon. NATO and Colombia have been engaged in dialogue and cooperation since 2013; the relationship became an official partnership in May 2017 when Colombia signed an Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programme with the Alliance.

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News: Strengthening relations with Colombia, 22-Jan.-2021 - NATO HQ