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'''Indo-Colombian relations''' entails the [[diplomatic relations]] between the [[Republic of Colombia]] and the [[Republic of India]]. Both countries established diplomatic ties on January 10, 1960.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} Colombia is currently the commercial point of entry into [[Latin America]] for Indian companies.<ref name=minrelextcol>[http://www.minrelext.gov.co/WebContentManager/webapp/display.jsp?sid=9902&pid=7256 {{in lang|es}} 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=2007-12-16 }} Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Accessed December 14, 2007.</ref>

== History ==

Official diplomatic relations between India and Colombia were established on January 19, 1959. On July 14, 1970 Colombia and India signed a commercial accord but this did not develop due to the economic restrictions on foreign goods both countries had and geopolitical differences.<ref name=COLEMBIND >[http://www.embajadaindia.org/colEconomicas.htm# {{in lang|es}} Colombian embassy in India] Accessed December 14, 2007.</ref> It was until March 1972 when Colombia opened an embassy in [[New Delhi]], India. The following year India established an embassy in [[Bogotá]] in 1973. The embassy in Bogota was opened until 1993, but later reopened in 1994. The Colombian embassy in India also oversees diplomatic relations with [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Bangladesh]], as well as providing consular assistance to Colombians situated in those countries.<ref name=minrelextcol/>

== Commercial ties ==

Economic and mutual cooperation ties improved with the visit of [[President of Colombia|Colombian President]] [[Andrés Pastrana Arango|Andrés Pastrana Arango's]] to India from March 4–7, 2001. Because Colombia and India had similar economies and these similarities are used to establish cooperation between the two countries.

In 2006, [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation]] invested US$437.5 million in oil production in Colombia. The company plans to participate in contract adjudications with the intention of exploring the Colombian land for gas.<ref name="web.presidencia.gov.co">[http://web.presidencia.gov.co/sp/2007/agosto/23/10232007.html {{in lang|es}} Presidency of Colombia: Indian businessmen want to increase investments in Colombia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208091105/http://web.presidencia.gov.co/sp/2007/agosto/23/10232007.html |date=2012-02-08 }} Accessed December 14, 2007</ref>{{Update inline|date = September 2017}}

On August 23, 2007 the Colombian government reported that trade between Colombia and India was increasing. India gained from the exports to Colombia some US$346 million while Colombia exported to India some US$62 million.<ref name="web.presidencia.gov.co"/>

=== Main cooperation areas ===

* Use of solar energy in country border areas.
* Technical cooperation agreements.
* Development of scholarships including in military areas.
* Functioning of the Joint Task Force of the understanding of technologies memorandum.

== See also ==

* [[Foreign relations of Colombia]]
* [[Foreign relations of India]]
* [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
* [[Hinduism in Colombia]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==

{{Foreign relations of Colombia}}
{{Foreign relations of India}}



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