Croatia–Egypt relations

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Egypt recognized newly independent Croatia on 16 April 1992 and the two countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1992.{{cite web | url = http://eg.mvp.hr/?mh=286&mv=1633&id=1744 | language = Croatian | title = Bilateralni odnosi | trans-title = Bilateral relations | publisher = Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Arabic Republic of Egypt | accessdate = 2011-08-31 | archive-date = 2014-07-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210003/http://eg.mvp.hr/?mh=286&mv=1633&id=1744 | url-status = dead }} Egypt has an embassy in Zagreb.{{cite web |date=2011-08-19 |title=Veleposlanstvo Arapske Republike Egipat u Republici Hrvatskoj |url=http://hidra.srce.hr/webpac-hidra-dps/?rm=results&show_full=1&f=IDadr&v=005277&filter=hidra-dps |accessdate=2011-08-31 |work=Diplomatska predstavništva stranih zemalja i međunarodnih organizacija u RH |publisher=Croatian Information-Documentation Referral Agency |language=Croatian}} Croatia has an embassy in Cairo and an honorary consulate in Alexandria. Croatia's Cairo embassy also officially handles the countries of Bahrain, Ethiopia, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan and the UAE, as well as Djibouti, Eritrea and Iraq in certain matters.{{cite web | url = http://eg.mvp.hr/?mh=287&mv=1635 | language = Croatian | title = Diplomatske misije i konzularni uredi RH - Arapska Republika Egipat | publisher = Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Arabic Republic of Egypt | accessdate = 2011-08-31 | archive-date = 2012-10-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121013022339/http://eg.mvp.hr/?mh=287&mv=1635 | url-status = dead }} Both countries are members of the Union for the Mediterranean.

Approximately 2,700 workers from what is now Croatia worked on the construction of the Suez Canal.Brunnbauer, U. (2016). Globalizing Southeastern Europe. Lexington Books. (p 1). SFR Yugoslavia maintained good relations with Egypt, especially through the Non-Aligned Movement. In the 1970s and 1980s, numerous Croatian companies had Egypt and other Arab countries as a capital export market, including INGRA,{{cite journal | url = http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=16640 | date = 2003-09-11 | accessdate = 2011-08-31 | author = Danijel Režek | language = Croatian | title = Pola stoljeća Ingre |trans-title=Half century of Ingra | journal = Građevinar | volume = 55 | number = 11 | pages = 631–639 | publisher = Croatian association of civil engineers | issn = 0350-2465}} and the Croatian authorities have been trying to re-create those opportunities with various investment-related activities.{{cite web | url = http://hgd.mvpei.hr/gospodarski_prikaz/egipat/ | language = Croatian | work = Hrvatska gospodarska diplomacija | title = Egipat | publisher = Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (Croatia) | accessdate = 2011-08-31 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004223818/http://hgd.mvpei.hr/gospodarski_prikaz/egipat/ | archivedate = 2011-10-04 }}{{cite news | url = http://www.poslovni.hr/tag/gospodarski-i-politicki-odnosi-rh-i-egipta-14426.aspx | language = Croatian | newspaper = Poslovni dnevnik | title = Gospodarski i politički odnosi RH i Egipta | accessdate = 2011-08-31 | archive-date = 2012-04-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120403030107/http://www.poslovni.hr/tag/gospodarski-i-politicki-odnosi-rh-i-egipta-14426.aspx | url-status = dead }} Numerous Croatian officials made official visits to Egypt. Most recently, Hosni Mubarak was in Zagreb in October 2009,{{cite web | url = http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/hosni-mubarak-u-sluzbenom-posjetu-hrvatskoj/455555.aspx | language = Croatian | publisher = Index.hr | title = Hosni Mubarak u službenom posjetu Hrvatskoj | date = 2009-10-16 | accessdate = 2011-08-31}} while Jadranka Kosor returned the visit in December 2010.{{cite web | url = http://vlada.hr/hr/naslovnica/novosti_i_najave/2010/prosinac/predsjednica_vlade_kosor_s_predsjednikom_arapske_republike_egipat_hosnijem_mubarakom | language = Croatian | title = Predsjednica Vlade Kosor s predsjednikom Arapske Republike Egipat Hosnijem Mubarakom | publisher = Croatian Government | date = 2010-12-02 | accessdate = 2011-08-31 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111128103115/http://vlada.hr/hr/naslovnica/novosti_i_najave/2010/prosinac/predsjednica_vlade_kosor_s_predsjednikom_arapske_republike_egipat_hosnijem_mubarakom | archivedate = 2011-11-28 }} Croatian companies made some inroads in the Egyptian market, notably including an oil exploration concession for INA in 2002 that became significant in 2007.{{cite news|url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/30411/inino-rekordno-nalaziste-nafte-u-egiptu |language=Croatian |newspaper=Nacional |date=9 January 2007 |author=Stanko Borić |title=Inino rekordno nalazište nafte u Egiptu |accessdate=9 July 2012 |trans-title=INA's record oil find is located in Egypt |archivedate=12 June 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612025917/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/30411/inino-rekordno-nalaziste-nafte-u-egiptu }} In early 2011, many Croatian workers were evacuated from Egypt, including those of INA, as the 2011 Egyptian revolution started.{{cite news | url = http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Hrvati-napustaju-Egipat-radnike-povlaci-i-Ina | language = Croatian | title = Počela evakuacija - Hrvati napuštaju Egipat, radnike povlači i Ina | agency = HINA | newspaper = Novi list | date = 2011-01-31 | accessdate = 2011-08-31 | archive-date = 2014-07-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165038/http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Hrvati-napustaju-Egipat-radnike-povlaci-i-Ina | url-status = dead }} In July 2011, the Croatian Government complied with the decision of the Council of the European Union to freeze Egyptian assets in connection to Mubarak and 18 connected persons.{{cite news | url = http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2011_07_80_1712.html | language = Croatian | title = Odluka o provođenju međunarodnih mjera ograničavanja utvrđenih Odlukom Vijeća Europske unije 2011/172/ZVSP u odnosu na Arapsku Republiku Egipat | newspaper = Narodne novine | date = 2011-07-13 | accessdate = 2011-08-31}}

In 2015, Croatian citizen Tomislav Salopek was abducted by the ISIL-affiliated Sinai Province Islamist militant organization. Sinai Province published a still image purporting to show Salopek's decapitated body on 12 August 2015.{{cite web|website=Al Jazeera|date=12 August 2015|title=ISIL’s Egypt affiliate ‘beheads Croatian hostage’|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/8/12/isils-egypt-affiliate-beheads-croatian-hostage|accessdate=10 September 2021}}