Relationship dossier
Colombia
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Trade ties and Swiss support for Colombian peace efforts underpin a cooperative relationship.
Colombia toward Switzerland
+35Colombia participates in the trade agreement with the EFTA states, including Switzerland, which entered into force for Colombia in 2011. Colombian governments have also engaged with Swiss-supported international efforts around peace negotiations with armed groups.
Switzerland toward Colombia
+40Switzerland participates in the trade agreement with Colombia through EFTA, in force since 2011, and has supported Colombian peace efforts, including international support roles in negotiations with armed groups.
Overall relationship
+35The bilateral relationship combines an enduring trade framework with Swiss involvement in support of Colombian peace processes. These concrete arrangements support a cooperative characterization, while the known cooperation does not indicate an exceptionally close or comprehensive partnership.
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
Colombia and Switzerland have built substantive economic and peace-related cooperation. The trade agreement linking Colombia with the EFTA states, including Switzerland, has been in force since 2011. Switzerland has also supported Colombian peace efforts, including serving in international support roles in negotiations with armed groups. These arrangements indicate a cooperative relationship, although its scope is narrower than a close strategic partnership.
Key developments
The EFTA-Colombia trade agreement, to which Switzerland is a party, entered into force for Colombia.
Switzerland served in an international support role in peace negotiations involving the Colombian government and the ELN.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of Swiss support for Colombia's peace implementation are unclear.
- The present scope of bilateral economic and technical cooperation is unclear.