Relationship dossier
Argentina
Colombia
Relationship assessment
Peace-process cooperation and a 2024 diplomatic dispute mark a mixed Argentina–Colombia relationship.
Argentina toward Colombia
-15Argentina contributed personnel to the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, supporting implementation of Colombia’s peace agreement. In 2024, President Javier Milei made remarks about Colombian President Gustavo Petro that led Colombia to expel Argentine diplomats, worsening bilateral relations.
Colombia toward Argentina
-10Colombia expelled Argentine diplomats in 2024 after President Javier Milei made remarks about President Gustavo Petro. Colombia also accepted international participation, including Argentina’s contribution, in the UN mission verifying implementation of its peace agreement.
Overall relationship
+5The relationship combines Argentine support for international verification of Colombia’s peace process with a serious but bounded diplomatic dispute in 2024. The scope of other bilateral cooperation and the dispute’s longer-term effects are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Argentina and Colombia have cooperated on Colombia’s peace process, including Argentina’s contribution to the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. Their relationship has also faced sharp political friction: in 2024, remarks by Argentine President Javier Milei prompted Colombia to expel Argentine diplomats. These cooperative and adversarial features point to a mixed relationship, while the scope of other bilateral cooperation is unclear.
Areas of tension
- Diplomatic friction following Javier Milei’s 2024 remarks about Gustavo Petro and Colombia’s expulsion of Argentine diplomats.
Key developments
Argentina contributed personnel to the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, which monitored implementation of the Colombian peace agreement.
Colombia expelled Argentine diplomats after remarks by Argentine President Javier Milei about Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond peace-process support are unclear.
- The extent to which the 2024 diplomatic dispute affected ongoing government cooperation is unclear.