Croatia–India relations
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Croatia and India officially established diplomatic relations on 9 July 1992 following Croatia's independence from SFR Yugoslavia.[1]
Croatia is represented in India through its embassy in New Delhi and consulates in Mumbai and Kolkata.[1] India is represented in Croatia through its embassy in Zagreb.[2]
Bilateral agreements
[edit]The Indian Embassy of Croatia lists the following agreements and MoUs[3]
Agreements
[edit]- Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (1994).
- Maritime Transport Agreement (1997).
- Agreement on Cooperation in the field of Culture, Science and Technology, Education and Sports (1999).
- Agreement on cooperation between the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia and the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Ministry of External Affairs (2000).
- Air Services Agreement (2000).
- Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (2001).
- Agreement on cooperation in the Fight against International Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Terrorism etc. (2001). First meeting of the Joint Committee held in Zagreb (2004).
- Agreement on Agricultural Cooperation (2002).
- Agreement on exemption of visa requirement for holders of Diplomatic and Official/Service Passports (2007).
- Agreement on Cooperation in Health and Medicine (June 2010).
- Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and for the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income (DTAA) (signed in February 2014).
MoUs
[edit]- MoU between the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) and the EXIM Bank of India (2000).
- MoU between Export Credit & Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. (ECGC) and the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR (2002).
- MoU on cooperation in Information Technology: signed between Electronics & Computer Software Export Promotion Council of India and the Croatian Information Technology Society (2004).
- Exchange Programme in the field of Culture for 2005–07 (2005).
- Programme of Cooperation in Science and Technology for 2005–08 (2005).
- Educational Exchange Programme (2006).
- Programme of Cooperation in the field of Culture for 2010–12 (June 2010).
- MoU between ICCR and the University of Zagreb on the establishment of ICCR Chair of Hindi for 2012–2019 (signed on 17 October 2012).
Historical background
[edit]Croatian sailors and merchants from the Republic of Ragusa may have established contact with Goa, India, in the 16th century.[4]
From 1943 onwards, the Independent State of Croatia formally recognised the Azad Hind government as the government of India, until 1945, when both governments collapsed.[5]
See also
[edit]- Foreign relations of Croatia
- Foreign relations of India
- India–Yugoslavia relations
- Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement
- Brioni Meeting
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "MVEP • Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices of Croatia • India, Kolkata". mvep.hr. Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Croatia. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016.
- ^ "MVEP • Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices to Croatia • India, Zagreb". mvep.hr.
- ^ "Welcome to Embassy of India, Zagreb (Croatia)". www.indianembassy.hr. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Tomas, Lora (19 May 2014). "Distant liaisons". Himal Southasian.
- ^ Mookerjee, Girija (1975). Builders of Modern India: Subhas Chandra Bose. Publications Division. p. 82.
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