Bogota, Feb 24 (IANS/EFE): Colombia's attorney general's office has announced that it is asking the constitutional court to declare the country's agreement on cooperation and information security with NATO to be without merit.

The office said in a statement Monday that the agreement did not precisely define its objective because there was no clarity in the type of information that would be exchanged which could have important practical implications.

It also said that one could not clearly define what type of information fell under what is termed as "classified information" and warned that it could deal with particularly sensitive personal data, which is not clearly addressed in the agreement.

If exchange of information in the agreement referred to public information, it would be unconstitutional as it would go against the rights laid down by the constitution and the American Convention on Human Rights, the office said.

In June 2013, Colombia and NATO signed an agreement in Brussels regarding information sharing and security, the first such accord between NATO and a Latin American country.

At the time, Colombian Defence Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said that the agreement would allow information on the country's efforts against drug trafficking, international terrorism and other matters to be shared with countries that would require it.

On the other hand, Colombia would benefit through information from NATO on several matters such as military training, among others.

The document does not concede the status of a partner to Colombia, but only establishes platforms for cooperation, and was criticised at the time of its signing by the left-leaning governments of Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua.