Professional paper
SINO-CROATIAN RELATIONS ON THE EVE OF CROATIA’S EU ACCESSION
Ozren Baković
; Embassy of the Republic of Croatia, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Abstract
Croatia’s EU candidate status and the beginning of the accession
talks is the opportune moment for a review of the Sino-Croatian relations in order to determine which foreign-policy legacy Croatia is to bring into this community, whose foreign-policy orientation it will
have to adopt lock, stock and barrel. This will also enable Croatia to
design a Croatian niche within the broader framework of Sino-European relations. It is not easy to achieve distinctiveness in the vast and remote Chinese space, especially for a small country such as Croatia.
However, this should be attempted as it is essential both for the
Croatian political and economic interests and for many other major
areas such as culture, science, and education. The Chinese rapid economic growth and its consequential political importance have made China a major player on the global political scene and every country has to shape a foreign policy agenda regarding China. The starting point of the Sino-Croatian relations is the Joint Statement on Establishing the Comprehensive Cooperation Partnership between the Republic of Croatia and the People’s Republic of China, signed by
Prime Ministers Ivo Sanader and Wen Jiabao in Beijing on 26 May
2005.
Keywords
China; Croatia; EU; diplomatic relations
Hrčak ID:
20553
URI
Publication date:
13.12.2006.
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