Joe Biden has been called out in the past for getting too up close and personal, but it appears that the vice president has not taken the criticism to heart.

The latest object of Biden's affections has become Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, whom Barack Obama's second-in-command was photographed embracing during a meeting with Balkan leaders Wednesday.

Biden traveled to Zagreb, Croatia, to discuss the refugee crisis in the region and ISIS threats.

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He's at it again: Vice President Joe Biden was not shy when greeting Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday, enfolding the Balkan leader in a warm embrace

Cheek to cheek: Biden, 73, pulled in the married Croatian president for a hug, grazing her cheek with his

High-level talks: Biden arrived in Zagreb for a Western Balkans summit, highlighting renewed interest from Washington in the fragile region as it deals with an unprecedented influx of refugees

Best of friends: Biden is seen here walking arm-in-arm with the blonde Croatian leader, dressed in a stylish white coat dress.

Photos from the regional summit show Biden and Grabar-Kitarović warmly embracing and smiling at each other.

In one frame, the 73-year-old married vice president of the United States pulls in the Croatian president and appears to nuzzle her cheek.

Another shot from the event shows Biden walking arm-in-arm with the blonde Croatian leader, dressed in a stylish white coat dress.

The pair later sat down for talks, beaming at the cameras during a photo-op.

Grabar-Kitarović was elected president of Croatia in February 2015, becoming the first woman to occupy the Balkan republic's highest office.

The 47-year-old politician is married and has two children.

Biden was accompanied on the trip to Croatia by his wife of nearly 38 years, Dr Jill Biden.

Trailblazer: Grabar-Kitarović was elected president of Croatia in February 2015, becoming the first woman to occupy the Balkan republic's highest office

Couple: Biden was accompanied on the trip to Croatia by his wife of nearly 38 years, Dr Jill Biden (pictured right)

Biden, second from right, talks to Slovenian President Borut Pahor, third from right, in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday during a conference of southern and eastern European leaders

Biden has gotten a reputation over the years for getting touchy-fleey with the ladies in public.

This past February, he came under fire for putting his hands on the shoulders of Defense Secretary Ash Carter's wife, Stephanie, during her husband's swearing-in ceremony and whispering in her ear.

Biden found himself in a similar situation back in January, when many felt he got to close to 12-year-old Maggie Coons during her father's swearing in ceremony.

Delaware Senator Chris Coons then had to explain that his daughter did not find the Vice President 'creepy,' and that he had known her for years.

There was also the time Biden got close to a lady while hanging with a group of bikers in Ohio in September 2012, with the men in the group exchanging glances as Biden gave the woman what appeared to be a shoulder massage.

Handsy man: In February, Biden came under fire for putting his hands on the shoulders of Defense Secretary Ash Carter's wife, Stephanie, during her husband's swearing-in ceremony

Vice President Biden leans in to say something to 12-year-old Maggie Coons, next to her father, Senator Chris Coons, in January

Biden gets close with a woman while visiting patrons over lunch at Cruisers Diner in Seaman, Ohio

Biden nuzzeled up to then-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at an event in the White House in 2009

Biden was spotted whispering to Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in January when he attended the swearing-in ceremony for her second term

Biden is also not afraid to get close to political leaders either, having been seen whispering into nthe ears of women like Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, and President Mary McAleese of Ireland.

On a serious note, Biden's trip to the Balkans comes amid a heated debate in the US about whether to admit Syrian refugees following the Islamic State group's attack in Paris that left 130 dead and hundreds wounded.

The American vice president's appearance at the summit indicates renewed US interest in the region, which was engulfed in a bloody civil war in the 1990s as the former Yugoslavia broke up. The summit includes former Yugoslav states and Albania.

'The United States of America, and me in particular speaking for the president of the United States, has had an overwhelming interest in this region for the last 25 years,' Biden said after meeting the Slovenian president ahead of the summit in Zagreb.

Close talker: Biden is seen here in 2012 whispering to Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky, who was just 15 years old at the time

Ladies' man: Biden surprised a table of women at Smokey Row Coffee Shop in Des Moines, Iowa, in early February

Then-Senator Biden was spotted whispering in the ear of Irish President Mary McAleese after a meeting on Capitol Hill in 2000

The refugee crisis is stoking tensions among the countries on the migrant corridor — Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.

Biden said it's 'quite an accomplishment' that the region's former war foes are now sitting at the same table and discussing common challenges.

'I have been working on this for the past 25 years,' Biden said, joking that he was last in the region during the rule of former Yugoslav Communist Leader Josip Broz Tito, who died in 1980, and Croatia's first President Franjo Tudjman, who died in 1999.