:Colombia–Indonesia relations
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Colombia and Indonesia established diplomatic relations in 1980. Both are members of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, the Cairns Group, and the CIVETS block. Indonesia has an embassy in Bogotá,{{Cite web |url=https://kemlu.go.id/bogota |title=Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Bogotá D.C., Republic of Colombia |access-date=29 October 2024}} while Colombia has an embassy in Jakarta.{{Cite web |title=Embajada de Colombia en Indonesia |url=https://indonesia.embajada.gov.co/ |access-date=19 November 2024}}
History
Established on 15 September 1980,{{cite web |publisher=Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/wps/portal/espanol/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_jQsKAwo2AXYwN3P3NDA0-zIDcDf0dnQ4sgQ6B8JJK8v2-QqYFRmI9ZoJersRFQJQHdfh75uan6BbkR5QCoxd1J/dl2/d1/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnB3LzZfVVZSVjJTRDMwR0xTQzBJNjdTQU9DTTEwMDA!/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/WCM_MENUPRINCIPAL_MRE/menu+principal/relaciones+internacionales/bilaterales/asia+pacifico/indonesia/indonesia |title=Relaciones Internacionales: Indonesia |language=es|accessdate=2011-05-01}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.kemlu.go.id/Pages/IFPDisplay.aspx?Name=BilateralCooperation&IDP=9&P=Bilateral&l=id |publisher=Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |accessdate=2011-05-01 |language=id|title=Kerjasama Bilateral: Kolombia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726194602/http://www.kemlu.go.id/Pages/IFPDisplay.aspx?Name=BilateralCooperation&IDP=9&P=Bilateral&l=id |archive-date=2011-07-26 |url-status=dead }} diplomatic relations were handled at the time by the Embassy of Indonesia in Brasília, Brazil and the Embassy of Colombia in New Delhi, India respectively. In 1983, Colombia elevated its consulate in Jakarta to embassy, and remained in the country until 29 November 2002 when the embassy closed due to budget reasons as part of a wider restructuring by the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Indonesia opened its embassy in Bogotá in May 1989 and the first ambassador of Indonesia to Colombia, Dr. Trenggono, presented his letter of credence to President Virgilio Barco Vargas on 16 June 1989{{cite book |title=Memoria de Relaciones Exteriores |trans-title=Memoirs of Foreign Affairs |year=1989 |language=es|author=Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |author-link=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia) |page=357 |publisher=National Printing Office of Colombia }} and has maintained an ambassadorial presence in Colombia ever since.
On 7 March 2011 President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced the reopening of the Colombian Embassy in Jakarta as part of a campaign to promote the CIVETS economic block, of which Colombia and Indonesia are part of as emerging markets with similar economic background, and in an effort to strengthen ties with Indonesia and Asia in general.{{Cite web|url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/Prensa/2011/Marzo/Paginas/20110307_02.aspx |title=Presidente Santos designó al empresario Carlos Urrea como nuevo Embajador en China |trans-title=President Santos designated the businessman Carlos Urrea as new Ambassador in China |date=2011-03-07 |language=es|accessdate=2011-05-01 |publisher=Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic (SIG) |location=Bogotá}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110709152754/http://www.indonesiabogota.org.co/ Embassy of Indonesia in Colombia]
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