Relationship dossier
Bulgaria
India
Relationship assessment
Bulgaria and India maintain a cooperative relationship supported by bilateral agreements and political engagement.
Bulgaria toward India
+20Bulgaria has engaged in bilateral cooperation with India through the 1961 Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and government agreements concluded during the 2018 visit of India's president to Bulgaria.
India toward Bulgaria
+20India has pursued bilateral cooperation with Bulgaria through the 1961 Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and government agreements concluded during the 2018 visit of India's president to Bulgaria.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship is characterized by a durable framework for political and practical cooperation, including the 1961 treaty and later bilateral agreements. The known features support a cooperative assessment, while the available detail does not indicate a particularly intensive partnership or a major adversarial issue.
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
Overview
Bulgaria and India have maintained formal cooperation through a bilateral treaty and later government agreements. The relationship includes political and sectoral engagement, but the scope and intensity of cooperation are not sufficiently clear to support a stronger assessment.
Key developments
Bulgaria and India concluded a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.
During the visit of India's president to Bulgaria, the governments concluded bilateral cooperation agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- Details of recent government-to-government cooperation are limited.