Croatia–Greece relations

Croatian-Greek relations

Croatia
Greece

Croatia -Greece relations are the foreign relations between Croatia and Greece. Both countries established diplomatic relations on July 20, 1992. Since November 1994, Greece has an embassy in Zagreb. Croatia has an embassy in Athens. The relations between Croatia and Greece have been regarded as excellent with a high cooperation between the two countries on the economic, touristic and political aspect, further enhanced by the accession of Croatia to the European Union in 2013. Greece was a key supporter during the accession process of Croatia to the European Union.[1]

List of state visits

List of bilateral agreements

Croatian President Ivo Josipović (left) and Greek Prime Minister Georges Papandreou during the South-East Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit in June 2010

Cultural relations

Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusić in Athens in April 2013

Cultural relations between the two countries are governed by the 1995 Bilateral Cultural Agreement. A Chair in Modern Greek Language and Literature has been established at the University of Zagreb.

Economics relations

Croatia and Greece have been cooperating on tourism with a high level of exchange of tourists to each other. Approximately 16.000 Croatians visited Greece in 2012 and in 2006 7,000 Greeks visited Croatia, indicating an increase from 2005 when 5,000 Greeks visited Croatia. In 2012 the Commercial and Consular Attaché at the Embassy of the Croatia in Athens Anna-Marija Muselimović has supported that all relevant agreements regulating economic cooperation and transport between Greece and Croatia have been signed and are in force and trade between the two countries is capable of further increasing. The main source of trade between Croatia and Greece is based on the number of orders of ships to be built by Croatian shipyards for Greek shipowners.[2]

Serbia

Even though, Croatia and Greece have dispute over Serbia. Greece strongly supports Serbia's stance over their controversial war crimes in the Balkans and Kosovo, while Croatia supports anti-Serbian propaganda and recognized the independent of Kosovo.

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References

  1. ↑ http://daily.tportal.hr/147151/Greek-FM-Croatia-alone-deserves-credit-for-forthcoming-EU-accession.html
  2. ↑ http://www.investingreece.gov.gr/newsletter/newsletter.asp?nid=722&id=749&lang=1
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