Croatia–Hungary relations

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Croatian-Hungarian relations
Map indicating locations of Croatia and Hungary

Croatia
Hungary

The foreign relations between Croatia and Hungary are bound together by shared history, political development and geography. The two states established diplomatic relations on 18 January 1992 following the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the independence of Croatia.

In 1102 the previously independent

communist party rule. Following the revolutions of 1989 and breakup of Yugoslavia, Hungary recognised Croatian independence with the rest of the European Economic Community in 1992, and supported Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence
.

Croatian and Hungarian high-ranking officials usually meet several times a year. Trade between Croatia and Hungary amounted $1.020 bln in 2012,[1][2] largely consisting of Hungarian exports to Croatia. Hungarian tourists contribute significantly to Croatian tourism; in 2009, a total of 323,000 visited Croatia, including the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán who has spent his summer holidays in Dalmatia for last few decades. Both countries coordinate the development of cross-border infrastructure. Pan-European corridors Vb and Vc connect Budapest to the Adriatic Sea via Zagreb and Osijek. Both countries have sizable minorities living across their common border, and both have passed laws to protect their minority rights.

Croatia and Hungary are parties to 96 bilateral treaties and members of a number of multinational organizations, including NATO and the European Union. Croatia has an embassy in Budapest a general consulate in Pécs and a consulate in Nagykanizsa, while Hungary has an embassy in Zagreb, a general consulate in Osijek and honorary consulates in Rijeka, Split and Dubrovnik.

Present

Diplomatic relations

Older yellow house with low wrought-iron fence in front
Croatian Embassy in Budapest

honorary consul.[5] Hungary maintains an embassy in Zagreb and consulates in Rijeka and Split. The embassy is headed by ambassador Gábor Iván; the offices also include an army and air attaché office in the Republic of Croatia (headed by László Hajas) and the Office for Economic Affairs of the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in the Republic of Croatia (headed by András Péter Závoczky, Counselor for Economy and Trade).[6]

Croatian diplomatic missions to Hungary[5]
Location Type Head
Budapest
embassy
 Ivan Bandić
Pécs consulate Ljiljana Pancirov
Nagykanizsa consulate Mijo Karagić
Hungarian diplomatic missions to Croatia[5]
Location Type Head
Zagreb
embassy
 Gábor Iván
Rijeka consulate Miran Ključariček
Split consulate Ivo Staničić

High level visits

Croatian and Hungarian high-ranking officials (including heads of state, prime ministers and foreign ministers) meet several times a year. In addition, Croatian and Hungarian governments have occasionally held joint sessions since January 2006.[7][8]

High-level visits and meetings (since 2009)[9][10]
Date Location Note
19 June 2012 Budapest Speakers of the
National Assembly of Hungary Boris Šprem and László Kövér
meet
7 May 2012 Budapest Croatian prime minister Zoran Milanović meets Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán
24 February 2012 Budapest Croatian foreign and European affairs minister Vesna Pusić and János Martonyi (Hungarian foreign minister) meet
7 December 2011 Olgamajor Speakers of the Croatian Parliament and the National Assembly of Hungary Luka Bebić and László Kövér meet
29–30 September 2011 Budapest President of Croatia Ivo Josipović visits Budapest and meets Hungarian president Pál Schmitt
8 February 2011 Zagreb Croatian prime minister Jadranka Kosor meets Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán
24 January 2011 Budapest
Croatian justice minister Dražen Bošnjaković meets Hungarian Administration and Justice minister Tibor Navracsics
23 December 2010 Zagreb Croatian prime minister Jadranka Kosor meets Hungarian deputy prime minister Tibor Navracsics
28 October 2010 Budapest Gordan Jandroković (Croatian foreign minister) and János Martonyi (Hungarian foreign minister) meet
1 October 2010 Zagreb Hungarian president Pál Schmitt meets Croatian president Ivo Josipović and Croatian prime minister Jadranka Kosor, and visits Osijek and Varaždin
10 September 2010 Zagreb Croatian prime minister Jadranka Kosor and Hungarian deputy prime minister Tibor Navracsics attend the Consequences of EU Membership for the Judiciary conference
22 July 2010 Budapest Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán meets Croatian prime minister Jadranka Kosor
13 July 2010 Zagreb Croatian prime minister Jadranka Kosor and Gordan Jandroković (Croatian foreign minister) meet Pál Schmitt, Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary and President-elect of Hungary at the time
9 July 2010 Dubrovnik The 5th
Croatia Summit
is held, attended by Croatian president Ivo Josipović, Croatian prime minister Jadranka Kosor and Hungarian foreign minister János Martonyi
16 April 2010 Pécs Trilateral meeting of Croatian, Hungarian and Serbian presidents: Ivo Josipović, László Sólyom and Boris Tadić
16 March 2010 Budapest Visit of Croatian president Ivo Josipović
18 January 2010 Zagreb Visit of Hungarian prime minister Gordon Bajnai
21 November 2009 Barcs Presidents of Croatia and Hungary (Stjepan Mesić and László Sólyom) meet on the occasion of Croatian Day in Hungary
5 November 2009 Budapest Presidents Stjepan Mesić and László Sólyom meet at the World Scientific Forum
17 September 2009 Barcs Prime ministers Jadranka Kosor and Gordon Bajnai co-chair a joint session of the Government of Croatia and the Government of Hungary
9 September 2009 Zagreb Foreign ministers Gordan Jandroković and Péter Balázs meet to prepare a joint session of the Croatian and Hungarian governments
9–10 July 2009 Dubrovnik Prime ministers Jadranka Kosor and Gordon Bajnai meet at the Croatia Summit 2009
27 April 2009
Luxembourg
 Foreign ministers Gordan Jandroković and Péter Balázs meet during the fifth EU-Croatia Stabilisation and Accession Council
13 March 2009 Zagreb Hungarian foreign minister Kinga Göncz visits Croatian foreign minister Gordan Jandroković and meets with prime minister Ivo Sanader and president Stjepan Mesić

Economy and infrastructure

Square glass building surrounded by trees
INA headquarters in Zagreb

Trade between Croatia and Hungary amounted to €625,083 in 2009, a decrease from €894,270 in 2008. In 2009 Croatian exports to Hungary reached €132,474, while Hungarian exports to Croatia were worth €492,609. Overall, the 2009 trade volume represented 2.75 percent of total Croatian

MOL Group.[13] By 2011, the MOL Group increased its stake in INA to 47.16 percent.[14]

Hungarian tourists contribute significantly to the Croatian tourist industry; in 2009, a total of 323,000 Hungarians visited Croatia as tourists. A total of 1.644 million overnight stays were made by Hungarian tourists in that year alone, ranking Hungarian tourists seventh in the number of nights spent in Croatia (behind the Germans, Slovenes, Italians, Austrians, Czechs and Dutch). At the same time, the Hungarian tourists spent more than 143 million kuna (c. €19 million) in Croatia, representing a sharp increase from 69.5 million kuna (c. €9.3 million) spent in 2008. In 2009, 103,000 Croatians visited Hungary (excluding family and friend visits) in 356,000 overnight stays, spending 204,000 kuna (c. €27,000). This spending represented a 250-percent increase from 2008.[11]

M7

Croatia and Hungary coordinate the development of infrastructure, especially transportation routes.

M7, the A4 and the A6 motorways (as well as several other connecting motorway sections) completed on 22 October 2008.[16][17] The rail component of the corridor largely uses the route completed in 1873, but it is planned to be rebuilt to increase its capacity.[18] The Pan-European corridor Vc primarily consists of the M6 and the A5 motorways; however, as of December 2011 the motorway is not completed.[19] Other infrastructure jointly developed by Croatia and Hungary includes a €395 million gas pipeline[20] and two electric-power lines.[21][22] On the 355.5-kilometre (220.9 mi) border between Croatia and Hungary[11] there are six international-road border crossings, three rail border crossings and five local-traffic border crossings.[23] Both Croatia and Hungary are today members of the border-free Schengen Area
.

Minorities and migrations

Small photo of people in folk costume in a city square
Croats at folklore festival in Pécs
The Educational and Cultural Center of Hungarians in Croatia located in Osijek
See also:
Hungarians of Croatia

According to the 2001 census there are 16,595

Sabor.[25] Seven municipalities in Croatia introduced Hungarian for official use (either in part of their territory or the entire municipality), depending on the distribution of the Hungarian population there.[26] There are five Hungarian minority organizations in Croatia,[27] and the Hungarian minority is guaranteed one seat in the Croatian Parliament.[28]

The Hungarian government recognised Croats as a minority native to Hungary; it has decided to implement the optional regulations of the

cultural autonomy. The Croatian minority set up 127 local and 7 county self-governments in Hungary.[29][30] There are concerns that Croatian minority rights in Hungary are being diminished, but the president of Croatia has assessed that both Croatian and Hungarian minority policies were appropriate.[31] The Croatian minority in Hungary is particularly active in Pécs, where the Scientific Institute of Croats in Hungary and the Croatian Theatre have been established.[32]
The number of migrants between Croatia and Hungary is very low; in 2009, only 22 people emigrated from Hungary to Croatia while a single person emigrated from Croatia to Hungary.[11]

Cultural and scientific cooperation

Croatia and Hungary have agreed to the Cultural Cooperation Programme, which defines cooperation and cultural exchange in the fields of music, theatre and dance, and with respect to the arts, museums, galleries, literature, publishing, libraries, archives, film and cultural-heritage protection. The programme was agreed to on 7 November 2011 in Budapest by secretaries of the

Croatian Ministry of Culture and the Hungarian Ministry of National Resources. The programme pertains to the 2012–2014 period and represents a continuation of cultural cooperation through cultural exchange, outside the framework of formal agreements.[33] Cultural, educational and scientific cooperation between the two countries is covered by a treaty of 16 March 1994, with additional treaties regulating diploma recognitions since 16 June 1997 and additional treaties and protocols on scientific and technological cooperation signed in 2002 and 2009. The scientific and educational cooperation entails the awarding of scholarships and bilateral research projects.[34]

Bilateral treaties and multinational organizations

Five middle-aged men in dark suits, standing in front of six flags
Presidents of Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia meeting in 2011

Croatia and Hungary have either signed or succeeded 133 different treaties and other agreements. Some were originally signed by Hungary and

Badinter Arbitration Committee
. [35] As of December 2011, 96 remain in force, regulating various aspects of relations between the countries (including minority rights, diplomatic relations, cultural and scientific cooperation, trade and economic relations, Drava river navigation, border control and air transport). There were also agreements made with a limited period of application, pertaining to sporting-event security.[36]

Croatia and Hungary are members of several multinational organizations, including the

Danube Strategy, focusing on transport, environmental and economic development of the Danube area and involving most countries along its banks.[39]

History

Personal union

Miniature painting of two medieval armies facing each other
Battle of Mohács in an Ottoman miniature
Main article: Croatia in personal union with Hungary
Croatia and Hungary in a personal union

When

Royal Hungary
) was annexed by the Habsburgs; they ruled as Kings of Hungary, thus keeping the kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia under a single crown.

Habsburg rule

Manuscript of Croatian-Hungarian Settlement of 1868
Croatian–Hungarian Settlement of 1868
See also:
Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, and Austria-Hungary

During the 1830s and 1840s

federalisation with Croatia as a federal unit, were halted by World War I.[46] On 29 October 1918 the Croatian Sabor declared independence and decided to join the newly formed State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, ending Habsburg rule and the personal union with Hungary after 816 years.[41]

Treaty of Trianon and World War II

Map showing effect of Treaty of Trianon on ethnic groups
Treaty of Trianon territorial changes

The

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.[51]

The

the end of Communism in Hungary and the breakup of Yugoslavia.[56][57]

Fall of Communism and Croatian independence

Hungary recognised Croatian independence on 15 January 1992 (with the rest of the

Croatian accession to the European Union.[59]

Economic links

Export and import from Hungary to Croatia[60]
Million (€) 2012 2013 2014 2015
Export 1,266.71 1,115.98 Decrease 1,188.7 Increase 1,491.1 Increase
Import 341.77 340.19 Decrease 419.76 Increase 439.02 Increase
Balance 924.95 775.78 768.97 1,052.13

See also

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