Relationship dossier
Bulgaria
Latvia
Relationship assessment
Bulgaria and Latvia have a cooperative relationship, including a bilateral agreement on taxation.
Bulgaria toward Latvia
+15The Bulgarian government participates in a bilateral agreement with Latvia to prevent double taxation, providing a concrete framework for fiscal cooperation.
Latvia toward Bulgaria
+15The Latvian government participates in a bilateral agreement with Bulgaria to prevent double taxation, providing a concrete framework for fiscal cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20A bilateral tax agreement provides a durable basis for practical cooperation. EU and NATO membership also places the two countries in shared multilateral frameworks, while the breadth of direct bilateral cooperation is less clear.
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 Latvia maintain a cooperative bilateral relationship, including a government agreement to prevent double taxation. Their EU and NATO membership provides a wider framework for cooperation, but does not by itself establish the depth of bilateral government collaboration.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and practical implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the tax agreement are unclear.
- The extent of recent bilateral government consultations and joint initiatives is unclear.