Croatia–Greece relations

Croatia and Greece 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. Greece was a key supporter during the accession process of Croatia to the EU.
Both countries are full members of the NATO, EU and of the Council of Europe.

List of state visits

President of Greece, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, visited Croatia in May 2001, whilst President Mesić of Croatia paid an official visit to Athens from November 18–20, 2003.
Prime Minister of Greece, Kostas Karamanlis, met with his Prime Minister of Croatia, Ivo Sanader, in Thessaloniki on October 21, 2004 on the occasion of the Congress of Orthodox Churches and the Congress of European Peoples Parties.
On November 3, 2009, the President of Croatia, Stjepan Mesić, visited Athens.

List of bilateral agreements

Agreement on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
Protocol of Cooperation between the Foreign Ministries of Greece and Croatia
Agreement on Economic Cooperation
Agreement on Mutual Abolition of the Visa Requirement for Short-Term Stay
Agreement on the Return of Illegal Residents
Cultural, Educational and Scientific Cooperation Agreement,
Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation on Income and Capital
Agreement on the Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments
Agreement on International Road Passenger and Freight Transport
Military Cooperation Agreement
Maritime Transport Agreement
Greek-Croatian Foreign Ministries Cooperation Protocol
Air Transport Agreement

Cultural relations

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.

European Union

Greece joined the EU in 1981. Croatia joined the EU in 2013.

NATO

Greece joined NATO in 1952. Croatia joined NATO in 2009.

Resident diplomatic missions

Croatia has an embassy in Athens.
Greece has an embassy in Zagreb.