PM Modi Concludes First Ever Official Visit to Croatia, 4 MoUs Signed

Q: Q1. In which country was Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed with a Sanskrit sloka?

Answer: Croatia. He visited Croatia on 18 June 2025.

Q: Q2. Who is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the European country of Croatia?

Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18 June 2025.

Q: Q3. How many memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed between India and Croatia during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Croatia in June 2025?

Answer: Four: agriculture and allied sectors, Science and Technology, cultural exchange program, and establishment of Hindi chair at the University of Zagreb.

Q: Q4. Who is Andrej Plenković, who was in the news recently?

Answer: Prime Minister of Croatia

Q: Q5. Where is Zagreb city located, which was in the news recently?

Answer: Capital of Croatia. The currency of the country is the Euro.

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Updated: 19 Jun 2025

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PM Modi Concludes First Ever Official Visit to Croatia, 4 MoUs Signed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his visit to the European nation of Croatia with the signing of four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) between the two countries.

The Prime Minister was on a three-nation visit to Cyprus, Canada, and Croatia from 15 to 19 June 2025.

The Prime Minister attended the Outreach session of the 51st G7 summit meeting, which Canada hosted in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, from June 15 to 17, 2025.

Highlights of PM Modi’s Visit to Croatia

First Indian Prime Minister to visit Croatia.
When PM Modi's plane landed in Croatia, the Croatian Prime Minister, Andrej Plenković, received him at the Zagreb airport.
Prime Minister Modi received a warm welcome in Zagreb, where Croatians chanted Sanskrit shlokas. Croatian artists performed a short Kathak dance in his honour.
He also met Zoran Milanović, the President of Croatia, in Zagreb.
Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković held delegation-level talks and discussed bilateral and global issues.
Prime Minister Modi thanked Prime Minister Plenković for support to India in the wake of the terror attacks in Pahalgam, Kashmir on 22 April 2025, in which terrorists killed 26 tourists.
Four MoUs were exchanged between the two countries in the presence of both Prime Ministers.

Agreements and MoUs

The following four MoUs were exchanged between India and Croatia.

Cooperation between two nations in the field of agriculture and allied sectors,
Cooperation in Science and Technology,
Cultural Exchange Program,
Establishment of Hindi chair at University of Zagreb, Croatia.

India-Croatia Relations

India established diplomatic relations with Croatia in July 1992.

The total trade between the two countries was $306.03 million (January -November 2024).

During this period, Indian exports were $251.59 million, while imports from Croatia were $54.44 million.

Indian culture and philosophy are popular in Croatia.

Ivan Filip Vezdin of Croatia was the first European scholar to publish a printed Sanskrit grammar in 1790. In 1999,a plaque was unveiled in his honour at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.