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=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Croatia|Croatia and the euro}}

Croatia has established diplomatic relations with 194 countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=MVEP • Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations|url=http://www.mvep.hr/en/foreign-politics/bilateral-relations/date-of-recognition-and-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/|access-date=23 January 2021|website=www.mvep.hr}}</ref> supporting 57 embassies, 30 consulates and eight permanent diplomatic missions. 56 foreign embassies and 67 [[Consul (representative)|consulates]] operate in the country in addition to offices of international organisations such as the [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (EBRD), [[International Organization for Migration]] (IOM), [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE), [[World Bank]], [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY), [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP), [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR), and [[UNICEF]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=MVEP • Diplomatski protokol|url=http://www.mvep.hr/hr/ministarstvo/diplomatski-protokol/|access-date=23 January 2021|website=www.mvep.hr|language=hr}}</ref>

[[File:President Joe Biden salutes as the Army Fife and Drum Corps performs a “Troop in Review” during an official arrival ceremony with NATO leaders and their spouses on July 10, 2024 at the White House.jpg|thumb|right|[[President of Croatia|President]] [[Zoran Milanović]] during an official arrival ceremony with [[NATO]] leaders on July 10, 2024, at the [[White House]], [[Washington, D.C.]]]]

As of 2019, the Croatian [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (Croatia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration]] employed 1,381{{Update span|text=|date=January 2021}} personnel and expended 765.295&nbsp;million kunas (€101.17&nbsp;million).<ref>{{cite web|title=MVEP • Godišnje financijsko izvješće za 2019. godinu|url=http://www.mvep.hr/hr/ministarstvo/proracun/godisnje-financijsko-izvjesce-za-2019-godinu/|access-date=23 January 2021|website=www.mvep.hr}}</ref> Stated aims of Croatian foreign policy include enhancing relations with neighbouring countries, developing international co-operation and promotion of the Croatian economy and Croatia itself.<ref name="MVPEI-Goals">{{cite web|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (Croatia)|url=http://un.mfa.hr/?mh=151&mv=840|title=Foreign Policy Aims|access-date=24 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127073846/http://un.mfa.hr/?mh=151&mv=840|archive-date=27 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Croatia is a member of the European Union. As of 2021, Croatia had unsolved border issues with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.<ref name="Border issues">{{cite news|publisher=total-croatia-news.com|url=https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/16084-overview-of-croatia-s-border-disputes-with-bij-montenegro-serbia-slovenia-liberland|title=Overview of Croatia's Border Disputes with BiH, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Liberland|date=22 January 2017|access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref> Croatia is a member of NATO.<ref name="NYTimes-Bush-Zagreb">{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/world/europe/05cnd-prexy.html|title=Bush Champions Expansive Mission for NATO|date=5 April 2008|author=Steven Lee Myers|access-date=24 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="BBC-Croatia-NATO">{{cite news|publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7977332.stm|title=Nato welcomes Albania and Croatia|date=1 April 2009|access-date=24 September 2011}}</ref> On 1 January 2023, Croatia simultaneously joined both the [[Schengen Area]] and the [[Eurozone]],<ref name="BBC-Croatia-EU">{{cite news|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64144309|title=Croatia begins new euro and Schengen zone era|date=1 January 2023|access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref> having previously joined the ERM II on 10 July 2020.