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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026) had a “fruitful” gathering with his Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic and discussed ways to adhd momentum to bilateral ties successful areas specified arsenic technology, innovation, shipbuilding and bluish economy, officials said.
Mr. Modi besides expressed gratitude to Mr. Plenkovic for his idiosyncratic enactment for the India-European Union escaped commercialized statement (FTA), which volition bring “unprecedented progress” for radical successful India and Europe.
“Held fruitful discussions with the Prime Minister of Croatia, Mr Andrej Plenkovic. We discussed however to adhd momentum to our bilateral concern successful areas specified arsenic technology, innovation, shipbuilding, bluish system and boosting connectivity done the IMEEC corridor,” Mr. Modi said successful a station connected X.
Mr. Plenkovic said that successful the archetypal 11 months of 2025, commercialized speech accrued by 10%, and Croatia saw further opportunities for practice successful logistics and maritime transport, integer transformation, defence and security, and successful different areas.
“It was a pleasance to conscionable again with the Prime Minister of India successful New Delhi, pursuing his sojourn to Zagreb past year. We are gathering fantabulous governmental relations with India, the world's astir populous country,” helium posted connected X.
Mr. Plenkovic besides said they reflected connected Croatia's priorities arsenic Chair of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) and the EUMED9 group.
The 3SI is simply a governmental and economical forum launched successful 2015-2016 by Croatia and Poland, focusing connected 13 EU subordinate states betwixt the Baltic, Adriatic, and Black Seas.
As a Mediterranean gateway to cardinal Europe, Croatia has a unsocial presumption and relation successful connecting the 3SI with the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), Mr. Plenkovic said.
“We welcomed the EU-India commercialized agreement, which volition make a escaped commercialized country covering a 4th of humanity. It is important that the EU continues make practice and concern with planetary powers specified arsenic India,” helium said.
The Croatian person besides said his sojourn is taking spot successful the discourse of the AI Impact Summit-2026, during which his delegation volition sermon the relation of artificial quality (AI) successful shaping today's world.
The AI Impact Summit, being held astatine the Bharat Mandapam present from February 16-20, is being attended by much than 500 planetary AI leaders, including CEOs and founders, academicians, researchers, CTOs, VPs, and philanthropists.
