Editing Foreign relations of Croatia (section)

==Current events==
The main objective of the Croatian foreign policy is positioning within the EU institutions and in the region, cooperation with NATO partners and strengthening multilateral and bilateral cooperation.<ref>{{cite web |title=MVEP • Vanjska politika |url=http://www.mvep.hr/hr/vanjska-politika |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427233256/http://www.mvep.hr/hr/vanjska-politika/ |archive-date=27 April 2016 |access-date=30 April 2016 |publisher=Mvep.hr}}</ref>

Government officials in charge of foreign policy include the [[Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia)|Minister of Foreign and European Affairs]], currently [[Gordan Grlić-Radman]], and the [[President of Croatia|President of the Republic]], currently [[Zoran Milanović]].

Croatia has established diplomatic relations with [[List of diplomatic relations of Croatia|189 countries around the world]]. As of 2009, Croatia maintains a network of 51 embassies, 24 consulates and eight permanent diplomatic missions abroad. Furthermore, there are 52 foreign embassies and 69 [[Consul (representative)|consulates]] in the Republic of Croatia in addition to offices of international organizations such as the [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]], [[International Organization for Migration]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE), [[World Bank]], [[World Health Organization]], [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY), [[United Nations Development Programme]], [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] and [[UNICEF]].<ref name="MVP-foreign-missions">{{cite web|publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (Croatia)]] |url=http://www.mfa.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1614 |title=Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices to Croatia |access-date=24 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928000722/http://www.mfa.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1614 |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref>