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Croatia–Czech Republic relations are foreign relations between Croatia and the Czech Republic. Croatia has an embassy in Prague. The Czech Republic has an embassy in Zagreb.
Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the European Union and NATO.
Territories of both countries used to be part of the Austria-Hungary until the end of WWI; later on, both countries were part of socialist federations.
Czechoslovakia recognized Croatia on 16 January 1992.[1] After dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Croatia and the newly established Czech Republic mutually recognized and established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993.[2]
The Croatian and Czech languages both belong to the Slavic language family allowing a small degree of mutual intelligibility. There is a Czech ethnic minority in Croatia. Croatia is a popular tourist destination among Czechs.