Croatia–United Kingdom relations

British-Croatian relations

Croatia
United Kingdom

Croatia–United Kingdom relations, or British-Croatian relations, are foreign relations between Croatia and the United Kingdom.

History

After Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991, the UK established diplomatic relations with Croatia on 25 June 1992. Relations have gone from strength to strength since the arrest of General Ante Gotovina and his transfer to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in December 2005. Croatia’s relations with the UK are currently excellent. Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.[1]

Britain provided both political and practical support to Croatia’s efforts to join the EU and NATO. The 2008-09 ‘UK-Croatia Strategic Partnership’ was launched in London on 18 June by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. The UK is provided funding to assist Croatia in its entry bids, projects covered judicial reform, anti-corruption, organised crime, competition policy and food safety.[1]

Both Croatia and the United Kingdom provided contributions to the NATO mission in Afghanistan.

According to the 2001 UK Census, some 6,992 Croatian born people were living in the UK.[2]

Diplomacy

British Foreign Secretary William Hague meeting Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gordan Jandroković in London, December 2010

The Croatian ambassador to the United Kingdom is Dr Ivan Grdešić, he took up his post in October 2012.[3] The British ambassador to Croatia is David Slinn who took up his post in April 2012.[4]

The United Kingdom has an embassy in Zagreb [5] and honorary consulates in Dubrovnik and Split.

Croatia has an embassy in London and an honorary consulate in Edinburgh.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Croatia Country Profile". UK Government Web Archive. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  3. ↑ "Ambassador of Croatia His Excellency Dr Ivan Grdešić". diplomatmagazine.com. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "David Slinn". Gov.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "British embassy in Zagreb". Ukincroatia.fco.gov.uk. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  6. ↑ "Croatian embassy in London". Uk.mfa.hr. Retrieved 2010-06-11.