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Relationship dossier

Bulgaria Croatia

Relationship assessment

Bulgaria and Croatia have a cooperative relationship grounded in a bilateral friendship treaty and sectoral cooperation.

Bulgaria toward Croatia

+25

Bulgaria concluded a Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation with Croatia in 1992 and has engaged in bilateral cooperation, including in culture and education.

Croatia toward Bulgaria

+25

Croatia concluded a Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation with Bulgaria in 1992 and has engaged in bilateral cooperation, including in culture and education.

Overall relationship

+25

The bilateral relationship has a cooperative institutional foundation in the 1992 Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation and sectoral cooperation. EU and NATO membership supports a shared multilateral context, while the scale and implementation of direct bilateral initiatives remain unclear.

How to read these scores

Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.

−100
Extreme sustained hostility
−50
Substantially adversarial
0
Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
+50
Substantially cooperative
+100
Exceptionally close sustained partnership

“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.

Relationship context

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Bulgaria and Croatia maintain cooperative bilateral relations under a Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation signed in 1992, alongside cooperation in areas including culture and education. Their shared EU and NATO membership provides a broader setting for engagement, though it does not by itself establish the depth of bilateral cooperation.

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