Egypt recognized newly independent Croatia on 16 April 1992 and the two countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1992.

[1] Croatia's Cairo embassy also officially handles the countries of Bahrain, Ethiopia, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan and the UAE, as well as Djibouti, Eritrea and Iraq in certain matters.

[1] Most recently, Hosni Mubarak was in Zagreb in October 2009,[8] while Jadranka Kosor returned the visit in December 2010.

[9] Croatian companies made some inroads in the Egyptian market, notably including an oil exploration concession for INA in 2002 that became significant in 2007.

[12] In 2015, Croatian citizen Tomislav Salopek was abducted by the ISIL-affiliated Sinai Province Islamist militant organization.