From Ukrainian Foreign Ministry
BILATERAL COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA
CONTRACTUAL LEGAL BASE
1. Recognition of Ukraine: May 27, 1992.
2. Establishment of diplomatic relations: August 18, 1992.
3. Political relations
The House of Representatives of the Congress of Colombia condemned the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932-33 as an act of genocide of the Ukrainian people (resolution № 079 of 10.12.2007).
The Senate of the Congress of Colombia condemned the violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation, and also recognized the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932-1933 as a genocide and a crime against humanity (statement № 125 of 09.11.2022).
Colombia supports Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the international arena. The Colombian delegation voted in favor of UN General Assembly resolution 68/262 “Territorial Integrity of Ukraine” on March 27, 2014.
On February 24, 2022, the President of Colombia Ivan Duque strongly condemned Russia’s deliberate and unjustified attack against Ukraine, stressing that this aggression threatens not only Ukraine’s sovereignty, but also world peace.
On March 2, 2022, Colombia voted in favor of UN General Assembly resolution “Aggression against Ukraine”.
Colombia supported UN General Assembly resolutions “Humanitarian consequences of aggression against Ukraine” on March 24, 2022, and “Suspension of the membership of the Russian Federation in the UN Human Rights Council” on April 7, 2022.
On April 21, 2022, Colombia supported the decision to terminate the status of a permanent observer of the Russian Federation at the Organization of American States, and on April 27, 2022, the decision to terminate the membership of the Russian Federation in the World Tourism Organization.
On May 26, 2022, Colombia voted in favor of the resolution of the Assembly of the World Health Organization “The emergency situation in the field of health care in Ukraine and the countries receiving and accommodating refugees, which arose as a result of the aggression of the Russian Federation.”
Colombia voted in favor of UN General Assembly resolutions “Territorial integrity of Ukraine: protection of the principles of the UN Charter” on October 12, 2022, “Furtherance of remedy and reparation for aggression against Ukraine ” on November 14, 2022, and “UN Charter principles underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine” on February 23, 2023 and became its co-author.
In March and May 2022, the government of Colombia through the United Nations Refugee Agency (ACNUR) allocated aid for humanitarian purposes to Ukraine in the total amount of 200 thousand US dollars.
4. Trade and economic relations
In 2021, the volume of bilateral trade between Ukraine and Colombia amounted to 312.320 million US dollars. The volume of Ukrainian exports amounted to 226.507 million US dollars, imports – 85.813 million US dollars. Ukraine’s positive foreign trade balance is 140.694 million US dollars.
In 2021, the volume of bilateral trade in services amounted to 1.483 million US dollars. Export of Ukrainian services amounted to 752,2 thousand US dollars, imports – 730,8 thousand US dollars. The main types of Ukrainian export of services: business services and travel-related services, services in the sphere of telecommunications, computer and information services.
In 2022, the volume of bilateral trade between Ukraine and Colombia amounted to 141.750 million US dollars. The volume of Ukrainian exports amounted to 26.553 million US dollars, imports – 115.197 million US dollars. Ukraine’s negative foreign trade balance is 88.644 million US dollars.
The main groups of exports: ferrous metals, ferrous metal products, nuclear reactors, boilers, machines, products of the flourmill and grain industry, clothing and accessories for clothing, textile sulfur; earth and stones.
The main groups of imports: edible fruits and nuts, mineral fuels, oil and products of its distillation, coffee, tea, various chemical products, live trees and other plants, hides, ferrous metals.
5. Legal framework:
Number of valid documents: 6
Key documents:
Agreement of Visas Exemption for Citizens who Use Diplomatic, Official and Service Passports (March 16, 2015);
Agreement of Mutual Abolition of Visa Requirements for Holders of Ordinary Passports and Other Travel Documents (April 17, 2020).
6. Diplomatic mission
Credentials of new ambassadors who arrived to work in Ukraine. Germany, Indonesia, Sweden, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
Credentials of new ambassadors who arrived to work in Ukraine. Germany, Indonesia, Sweden, Chile, Colombia and Peru. But a separate conversation with each of the
CULTURAL AND HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION
AID BELOW LISTED FROM AVAILABLE WIKIPEDIA DATA
(TO BE UPDATED MANUALLY SHORTLY)
On 24 March, Colombian president Ivan Duque announced a humanitarian aid donation, channeled through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, destined for Ukrainian refugees.[51]