Editing Uruguay (section)

=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Uruguay}}
[[File:Sede Del Mercosur 02.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of the [[Mercosur|Southern Common Market]], Montevideo]]
The country's foreign policy is directed by the [[Ministry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay)|Ministry of Foreign Relations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cometidos |url=https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-relaciones-exteriores/institucional/cometidos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406201028/https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-relaciones-exteriores/institucional/cometidos |archive-date=6 April 2024 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |language=es }}</ref> Uruguay has traditionally had strong political and cultural ties with its neighboring countries and with Europe, and its international relations have been guided by the principles of non-intervention and multilateralism.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bizzozero Revelez |first=Lincoln |title=Uruguay y los procesos de integración regional: Trayectoria, cambios y debates |publisher=Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais |year=2010 |location=Porto Alegre |pages=105 |language=es |trans-title=Uruguay and regional integration processes: Trajectory, changes and debates |issn=1519-6089}}</ref> The country is a founding member of international organizations such as the [[United Nations]], the [[Organization of American States]], the [[Mercosur|Southern Common Market]], and the [[Latin American Integration Association]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Políticas e historia |url=https://uy.usembassy.gov/es/our-relationship-es/policy-history-es/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107071600/https://uy.usembassy.gov/es/our-relationship-es/policy-history-es/ |archive-date=7 November 2023 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Embajada de Estados Unidos en Uruguay |language=es-ES |url-status=live }}</ref> The headquarters of the latter two are located in its capital [[Montevideo]], for which the role of the city has been compared to that of [[Brussels]] in Europe.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Google Earth Montevideo Map |url=http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/google_map_Montevideo.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328173823/http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/google_map_Montevideo.htm |archive-date=28 March 2015 |access-date=5 March 2015 |publisher=One World – Nations Online Project}}</ref>
[[File:04.07.2023 - Fotografia oficial dos chefes de delegação dos países membros, Bolívia, Estados Associados e Convidados Especiais (53022344737).jpg|left|thumb|Uruguayan President [[Luis Lacalle Pou]] (second from right) at the summit of [[Mercosur]] Heads of State in 2023]]
Uruguay has two uncontested boundary disputes with Brazil, over [[Isla Brasilera]] and the {{convert|235|sqkm|abbr=on}} Invernada River region near [[Masoller]]. The two countries disagree on which tributary represents the legitimate source of the [[Quaraí River|Quaraí/Cuareim River]], which would define the border in the latter disputed section, according to the [[1851 Boundary Treaty (Brazil–Uruguay)|1851 border treaty]] between the two countries.<ref name="CIA" /> The disputed areas remain ''de facto'' under Brazilian control, with little to no actual effort by Uruguay to assert its claims. Both countries have friendly diplomatic relations and strong economic ties.

Uruguay is also a founding member of [[The Forum of Small States (FOSS)]], a voluntary and informal grouping at the UN.<ref name="singaporebook">{{Cite book |title=50 Years of Singapore and the United Nations |publisher=World Scientific |year=2015 |isbn=978-981-4713-03-0}}</ref> The country has friendly relations with the United States since its transition back to democracy.<ref name="cong-r" /> Commercial ties between both countries have expanded with the signing of a bilateral investment treaty in 2004 and a [[Trade and Investment Framework Agreement]] in January 2007.<ref name="cong-r" /> The United States and Uruguay have also cooperated on military matters, with both countries playing significant roles in the [[United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti]].<ref name="cong-r" /> In 2017, Uruguay signed the UN [[treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament&nbsp;– No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=15 August 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806220546/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |url-status=live }}</ref> It also rejoined the [[Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance]] (TIAR or "Rio Pact") in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://theglobalamericans.org/2020/03/uruguay-returns-to-the-inter-american-treaty-of-reciprocal-assistance/|title = Uruguay returns to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance|date = 19 March 2020|access-date = 6 April 2021|archive-date = 14 April 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414074602/https://theglobalamericans.org/2020/03/uruguay-returns-to-the-inter-american-treaty-of-reciprocal-assistance/|url-status = live}}</ref>