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EMBASSY/CONSULATE ADDRESSES

Diplomatic Representation in US:
Ambassador: Kolinda Grabar - Kitarovic
Embassy: 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Telephone: [1] (202) 588-5899
Fax: [1] (202) 588-8936

Consulate(s) General are in:
Los Angeles
11766 Wilshire Bl., Suite 1250,
Los Angeles, CA 90025.
(310) 477-1009

Chicago
737 N. Michigan Av., Suite 1030,
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 482-9902

New York
369 Lexington Av., 11th Floor,
New York, NY 10017.

Cleveland
34900 Lakeshore Bl.,
Eastlake, OH 44094.

US Diplomatic Representation:
Chief of mission: Ambassador--James Foley
Embassy: Andrije Hebranga 2, Zagreb
Mailing Address: US Embassy, Zagreb, Unit 1345, APO AE 09213-1345
Telephone: [385] (1) 661-2200.
Fax: [385] (41) 440-235


Embassy and Consulate Web Sites for Croatia
Embassy of Croatia in Washington, USA
U.S Embassy Web Site in Croatia


FOREIGN RELATIONS

Croatia has made great strides on the road to Euro-Atlantic integration. In October 2001, Croatia and the European Union signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement. In February 2003 Croatia formally presented its EU membership application, and in April 2004 the European Commission agreed to open EU accession negotiations with Croatia. The opening of talks was delayed in March 2005 when the EU questioned Croatia’s cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Talks finally got underway in October 2005, after the ICTY's chief prosecutor confirmed that Croatia was fully cooperating.

Much of the controversy surrounding Croatia’s ICTY cooperation concerns former General Ante Gotovina, presently standing trial for war crimes in The Hague. A fugitive from justice since 2002, Gotovina was arrested in December 2005 by Spanish authorities in the Canary Islands, partially as a result of intelligence information provided by the Croatian Government. More recently, Croatia’s ICTY cooperation has been assessed, in part, based on its ability to track down missing documents requested by the ICTY for use in the prosecution of Gotovina.

Croatia’s EU accession negotiations were stalled again in late 2008 over a border dispute with Slovenia, until Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor agreed in November 2009 to take the dispute to arbitration. Ratified almost immediately by the Croatian Sabor, the arbitration agreement was also supported by the Slovenian public in a June 2010 referendum.

Croatia is now in the final stage of its EU accession negotiations, which are divided into chapters covering a range of EU policy areas. On June 30, 2010 the European Commission announced it was opening the final three chapters--Competition Policy, Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), and Judiciary and Fundamental Rights.

Croatia was admitted on May 25, 2000 into the Partnership for Peace program--which was designed by North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states in 1994 to strengthen Euro-Atlantic security--and, in May 2002, was welcomed into NATO's Membership Action Program, a key step toward NATO membership. On May 2, 2003, the United States joined Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia to sign the Adriatic Charter, in which the three NATO aspirants pledged their commitment to NATO values and their cooperative efforts to further their collective NATO aspirations. In 2008, the Adriatic Charter expanded to include two new countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Croatia received an invitation to join NATO at the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Romania in April 2008; it became a full member of the Alliance in April 2009.

Croatia has been a member of the United Nations since 1992, and contributes troops to a number of UN operations including those in the Golan Heights, Cyprus, Sudan, Liberia, Lebanon, Western Sahara, and Kashmir. In December 2009, Croatia ended a 2-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Since 2003, Croatia has contributed troops to support NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) and the International Stabilization Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The Croatian Parliament in April 2010 approved raising the ceiling on the number of soldiers in Afghanistan to 320. Croatia is a member of the World Trade Organization and the Central European Free Trade Organization.

Croatia is also active in the region, particularly in supporting its neighbors' Euro-Atlantic aspirations. While Croatia has made progress on dealing with a number of post-conflict issues, the status of refugees displaced during the 1991-95 war and determining the fate of missing persons from the war remain key issues influencing Croatia’s relations with its neighbors.

U.S.-CROATIAN RELATIONS
The United States opened its Embassy in Zagreb in 1992. U.S. engagement in Croatia is aimed at fostering a democratic, secure, and market-oriented society that will be a strong partner in Euro-Atlantic institutions.

In an effort to promote regional stability through refugee returns, the United States has given more than $18 million since 1998 in humanitarian demining assistance. Croatia hopes to remove an estimated one million remaining mines by 2010. The United States also has provided additional financial assistance to Croatia through the Southeastern European Economic Development Program (SEED) to facilitate democratization and restructuring of Croatia's financial sector, largely through programs managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Most SEED funding and USAID programs in Croatia concluded in 2008.

Principal U.S. Embassy Officials
Ambassador--James Foley
Deputy Chief of Mission--Hoyt Yee
Consular Officer--Kent Healy
Public Affairs Officer--Robert Post
Political Officer--Michael Sears
Commercial Officer--Pamela Ward
Management Officer--John Madden

The U.S. Embassy in Croatia is located in Zagreb at Ul. Thomasa Jeffersona 2, 10010 Zagreb; telephone: [385] (1) 661-2200.




TRAVEL ADVISORIES

To obtain the latest Travel Advisory Information for Croatia check the U.S. State Department Consular Information Sheet.


TRAVEL TIPS

Driving U.S Driving Permit accepted
Currency (HRK) Kuna
Electrical 230 Volts
Telephones Country Code 385, City Code Zagreb 1+7D, Dubrovnik 20+6D, Osijek31+6D



Time: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Saturday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October).

Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz.

Telephone: IDD is available. Country code: 385. Outgoing international code: 00. Telephone booths are operated by phonecards available at post offices, news stands and in some tourist shops.


CUSTOMS/DUTIES

Currency........Not available

Tobacco........200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250 grams of tobacco

Liquor...........1 litre of wine and 1 litre of spirits

Perfume........1/4 litres of eau de cologne and 1 bottle of perfume

Cameras........Not available

Film...............Not available

Gifts...............Not available



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