India and Croatia will make long term plans for deepening defence partnership, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (June 18, 2025). Speaking in Zagreb after official dialogue with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic Prime Minister Modi said, Croatian companies will be welcomed to participate in developing India’s coastal infrastructure and that India and Croatia will jointly work on space ventures. Prime Minister Modi appreciated Croatia for expressing solidarity with India in the aftermath of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
“In the field of defence cooperation, a long term plan will be made that will focus on defence production alongside training and military exchange. There are many areas where our economies can supplement each other’s capacities,” said PM Modi adding that India is going to enhance investment into Croatia’s critical industries like pharma, agriculture, IT, clean technology, digital technology, semiconductors.
“According to the Sagarmala project, port modernization, coastal zone development and multimodal connectivity will provide vast opportunity for Croatia’s companies,” said Prime Minister Modi welcoming Croatian participation into ship building. Mr Modi highlighted India’s old connection with the Adriatic region and said this connection helps in building people-to-people connection.
