Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the European Union and NATO.

Territories of both countries used to be part of Austria-Hungary until the end of WWI; later on, both countries were part of socialist federations.

[1] After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Croatia and the newly established Czech Republic mutually recognized and established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993.

[2] The Croatian and Czech languages both belong to the Slavic language family allowing a small degree of mutual intelligibility.

Croatia is a popular tourist destination among Czechs.