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Colombia–Dominican Republic relations
Colombia–Dominican Republic relations are diplomatic relations between the Republic of Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Both governments have maintained a friendly relationship since the 20th century. Both nations are members of the Association of Caribbean States, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations. HistoryBoth governments established diplomatic relations in 1936 and a border treaty was signed in 1978.[3] BorderThe border between Colombia and the Dominican Republic is an international maritime boundary that runs through the Caribbean Sea, defined by the Liévano-Jiménez Treaty, signed on January 13, 1978, in Santo Domingo by the foreign ministers of both countries, Indalecio Liévano Aguirre for Colombia and Ramón Emilio Jiménez for the Dominican Republic, and approved by the Congress of the Republic of Colombia on December 12, 1978, through Law No. 38. This agreement establishes the existence of a Common Scientific Research and Fisheries Exploitation Zone, in which each country has fishing rights and research rights relating to living resources.[4] The border between the two countries is defined by the principle of the median line, whose points are equidistant from the nearest baselines, from which the width of the territorial sea of each state is measured. The delimitation consists of 2 sections:[4][5]
Economic relationsColombia exported products worth 91,162 thousand dollars, the main products being chemical, coal and agro-industrial products, while the Dominican Republic exported products worth 18,583 thousand dollars, the main products being cosmetics, petroleum derivatives and chemicals.[6] TransportThere are direct flights between both nations with AraJet, Avianca and Wingo. Diplomatic representation
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