Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India
EmbassyCroatia · Ambassador: Shri Arun Goel
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In short
India’s embassy in Croatia records a reported community of 12,262, 18 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 41%. Led by Shri Arun Goel, ambassador.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence12,262
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Croatia"
“PIOs 86 + NRIs 12,176 = 12,262”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence18
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 22 October 2018)
“CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA FOR THE YEARS 2019-2022 — 22 October 2018”
Published: 22 October 2018 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
41%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Croatia”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Imports from CroatiaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$73.5m
Bilateral Brief — Croatia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial Relations” section
“Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Croatia’s Exports $31.90 $72.25 $54.81 $118.14 $70.0 $73.54”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
People
Indian community in Croatiapersons · as stated in the brief12,465
Bilateral Brief — Croatia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“As on 31 December 2025, the number of Indian nationals in Croatia is 12465, majority of whom are Indian migrant workers, 86 are OCI, and 37 hold PR in Croatia.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Agreements the briefing enumeratesagreements · as stated in the brief23
Bilateral Brief — Croatia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Important Bilateral Agreements/MoUs” section
“23. MoU between ICCR and University of Zagreb for establishment of ICCR Chair of Hindi (2009). The MoU was renewed during President’s State Visit to Croatia (2019). The MoU is renewed during PM Modi visit to Croatia (2025) for the period 2025-2030.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Croatia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High level visits” section
“At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic made an official visit to India from 18-21 February, 2026 for participation in the Artificial intelligence (AI) Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (18)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MADE AND ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS AND UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ICCR CHAIR OF HINDICultural Relations and Sport18 June 2025
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA FOR THE YEARS 2026-2030Cultural Relations and Sport18 June 2025
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA ON BILATERAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORSAid and Cooperation18 June 2025
- PROGRAMME OF COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND YOUTH OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA FOR THE PERIOD 2025-2029Science and Technology18 June 2025
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA FOR THE YEARS 2019-2022Cultural Relations and Sport22 October 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA ON ECONOMIC COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation14 February 2017
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND FOR THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOMEBusiness and Trade12 February 2014
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND MEDICINEHealth09 June 2010
- AGREEMENT ON EXEMPTION OF VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIADiplomatic Relations19 September 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA ON AGRICULTURAL CO-OPRATIONAid and Cooperation13 November 2002
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA ON THE PROMOTION AND RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade04 May 2001
- COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA ON COMBATING INTERNATIONAL ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND ORGANISED CRIMECivil and Criminal Matters04 May 2001
- COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA ON COMBATING INTERNATIONAL ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTIC DRUGSCivil and Criminal Matters04 May 2001
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF CROATIATransport01 December 2000
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA ON COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation05 January 2000
- AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIADiplomatic Relations05 January 2000
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE ,EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SPORTSAid and Cooperation05 March 1999
- AGREEMENT ON THE MARITIME TRANSPORT BETWEEN INDIA AND CROATIAMaritime Law03 January 1997
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 38 sections, 26,864 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India - Croatia Relations · Other Ministerial visits: · From India: · From Croatia: · Parliamentary Exchanges: · Institutional Mechanisms:.
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