Talks between Colombia and NATO renewed

The signed agreement involves the exchange of information during humanitarian missions, missions related to human rights, military justice, as well as help in the fight against drug-related crimes, and some changes in the defense sector.

However, President Santos does not hide the fact that everything was done for NATO membership – firstly as associative, and then as full member.

There were a marked number of problems in this area in 2013. Thus, among the main ones there was a possible conflict between obligations.

These obligations include those incumbent upon Colombia by the Permanent Joint Board on Defense and NATO. However, at the present moment, this contradiction is almost resolved, because this Council, despite Venezuela's formal  inclusion in it with a number of other pro-imperialist countries, has acquired a pro-American direction. Moreover, this year during the ministerial summit, the United States conducted a number of bilateral meetings, including those with the Colombian delegation.

Another issue is the possible violation of the terms of agreement  with the FARC. Many analysts think that the signed agreement will shake the peace, which hasn’t even had any time to take shape in Colombia, for which the president has already received the Nobel Prize.