Relationship dossier
Colombia
Trinidad and Tobago
Relationship assessment
Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago maintain cooperative ties, including a maritime boundary agreement.
Colombia toward Trinidad and Tobago
+20The Colombian government negotiated and concluded a 1990 agreement with Trinidad and Tobago delimiting maritime and submarine areas.
Trinidad and Tobago toward Colombia
+20The Trinidad and Tobago government negotiated and concluded a 1990 agreement with Colombia delimiting maritime and submarine areas.
Overall relationship
+20The maritime delimitation agreement is a durable framework for managing the two countries' maritime relationship. The scope of other bilateral cooperation is less clear.
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 Trinidad and Tobago have a cooperative bilateral relationship, notably through their 1990 agreement delimiting maritime and submarine areas. This provides a concrete basis for cooperation, although the breadth and implementation of other bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago concluded an agreement delimiting maritime and submarine areas.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond maritime delimitation are unclear.
- Details of ongoing government cooperation, including on security and energy, are limited.