Croatia–Mongolia relations

Croatian-Mongolian relations

Croatia	Mongolia

Croatian-Mongolian relations refers to the historic and current bilateral relationship between Croatia and Mongolia. Both countries established diplomatic relations on March 10, 1993.^[1] Croatia is represented in Mongolia through its embassy in Beijing, China. Mongolia has an honorary consulate in Zagreb.

The present-day states of Mongolia and Croatia came into existence in the 20th century: Mongolia in 1921, Croatia in 1991.

Prior to 1990, while Croatia was part of SFR Yugoslavia, six Mongolian students had graduated from Zagreb universities with degrees in tourism, economics and civil engineering.^[2] Three medical doctors received advanced training in Croatia in 1994 and in 1996 with support from the World Health Organization. Two employees of the Cultural Heritage Center of Mongolia studied in Croatia in 2008 with a scholarship provided by the Croatian Ministry of Sciences and Education.^[2]

In 2007, the two countries signed a memorandum of a cooperation, asserting a desire to strengthen economic and cultural ties.^[3]

In 2008 Croatian President Stipe Mesić visited Mongolia for the first time,^[4] at the invitation of Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar,^[5] who said that Mongolia would support Croatia's bid to be a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.^[2][6][7] Mesić and Enkhbayar agreed that there was "great potentials for cooperation in many areas, including education, oil resources exploitation, infrastructure development, water resources research, [and] exports of medicines".^[8] While in Mongolia, President Mesić also met with Mongolian Prime Minister Sanjaa Bayar and Parliament Speaker Danzangin Lundejantsan,^[7][9] and signed a Memorandum on Understanding between the Croatian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency and the Mongolian Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Agency.^[10][11]

See also

• Mongol invasion of Europe#Invasion of the Kingdom of Croatia
• Foreign relations of Croatia
• Foreign relations of Mongolia

References

1. ^ "Mongolia-Croatia". Embassy of Mongolia in Wien. http://www.embassymon.at/index.html. Retrieved 2009-05-10. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "President of Croatia to Arrive Today". Montsame News Agency. http://www.croatianworldcalendar.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=692&year=2008&month=08&day=02&Itemid=26. Retrieved 2009-05-10. "The President of Croatia, Mr. Stepan Mesich will arrive in Mongolia today (Saturday) to pay a three-day state visit at the invitation of his counterpart N.Enkhbayar. Mr. Mesich will land at 10:15 p.m. at the international airport of Ulaanbaatar city. It is the first summit state visit that will be paid by the Croatian side since establishment of the diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Croatia. ..." 
3. ^ "Cultural cooperation between Croatia and Mongolia". Croatian World Network (CROWN). Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20110725210413/http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9097/1/Cultural-cooperation-between-Croatia-and-Mongolia.html. Retrieved 2009-05-10. "A memorandum of acceptance between Croatian Ministry of Culture and Mongolian Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has been signed, in order to achieve development and stronger cooperation in art and culture." 
4. ^ "Mesic visits Mongolia to 'foster links with Croatia'". Business Mongolia. August 6, 2008. http://www.business-mongolia.com/?p=452. Retrieved 2010-05-09. 
5. ^ "Croatian president starts Asian tour". Business Mongolia via HINA. August 3, 2008. http://www.business-mongolia.com/?tag=sbayar&paged=5. Retrieved 2010-05-09. "Mesic started his first official visit to Mongolia, at the invitation of Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, the Croatian news agency HINA reported." 
6. ^ "Mongolia, Croatia to boost co-op". Xinhua. August 5, 2008. http://www.business-mongolia.com/?p=449. Retrieved 2010-05-08. "Enkhbayar said Mongolia will support Croatia in its bid to be anon-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Mesic also met with Mongolian Prime Minister Sanj Bayar on Monday...." 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Croatia's Mesic visits Mongolia, China". Southeastern Europe Times. 2008-08-05. http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/roundup/2008/08/05/roundup-dd-04. Retrieved 2009-05-10. 
8. ^ "Leaders of Mongolia, Croatia discuss economic cooperation". HINA news agency. August 4, 2008. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=122601922D674A80&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2010-05-09. 
9. ^ "Croatian president meets top Mongolian officials". HINA at BBC News. August 4, 2008. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12260193949BB608&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-05-10. "..." 
10. ^ "Enhbajar: INA and Mongolian oil company to conclude agreement". HINA. SEEbiz. http://www.seebiz.eu/en/politics/enhbajar-ina-and-mongolian-oil-company-to-conclude-agreement,21936.html. Retrieved 2009-05-10. "." ^{[dead link]}
11. ^ "04.08.2008. - Ulan Bator, Mongolija" (in Croatian). President of Croatia. 2008-08-04. http://www.predsjednik.hr/Default.aspx?art=15359&sec=783. Retrieved 2011-09-05. "Nakon razgovora dvojice predsjednika potpisano je i nekoliko memoranduma: Memorandum o razumijevanju na području visokog školstva, Memorandum o suradnji Ureda predsjednika RH i Ureda predsjednika Mongolije, te memorandum o razumijevanju između APIU RH i Agencija za inozemne investicije i razmjenu Mongolije." 

External links

• Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration: bilateral treaties with Mongolia
• Mongolian honorary consulate in Zagreb
• Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Croatia (in Mongolian only)