Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal visited Croatia in August 2014 and met with the Croatian President Ivo Josipović and Minister of Economy Ivan Vrdoljak.

In his statement to the press he said: "For the past 6 years Croatia goes through some difficulties [economic crisis].

Rather than emphasize the negative, I prefer to emphasize the positive sides: you have stability, a good President, democracy, free press, freedom of speech and a very good tax system.

Tourism revenue in Croatia in last year was around 6 billion euros and you had 10 million visitors.

In 2013, Croatia exported to Saudi Arabia weapons worth around 15 million euros (1.1 billion HRK).