Relationship dossier
Croatia
United Arab Emirates
Relationship assessment
Croatia–United Arab Emirates ties are cooperative, with agreements supporting investment and economic engagement.
Croatia toward United Arab Emirates
+30Croatia has pursued bilateral economic cooperation with the United Arab Emirates, including through an agreement on investment protection and arrangements for economic cooperation. These provide concrete channels for engagement, though the extent of their implementation is unclear.
United Arab Emirates toward Croatia
+30The United Arab Emirates has engaged Croatia through bilateral investment-protection and economic-cooperation arrangements. These provide a concrete basis for government cooperation, while the scale of resulting joint activity is uncertain.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a cooperative institutional basis, particularly in investment protection and economic engagement, reinforced by diplomatic and political contacts. The scope and practical results of these arrangements remain unclear, so the relationship is better characterized as moderately cooperative than as a close partnership.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Croatia and the United Arab Emirates have developed a cooperative bilateral relationship supported by agreements on investment protection and economic cooperation, alongside diplomatic and political engagement. These arrangements provide a basis for government-to-government cooperation, although the scale and implementation of their cooperation are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Key developments
Croatia and the United Arab Emirates concluded bilateral arrangements concerning investment protection and economic cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which investment and economic cooperation agreements have led to sustained joint activity is unclear.
- Details about the frequency and outcomes of bilateral political consultations are limited.