Relationship dossier
Bulgaria
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Relationship assessment
Bulgaria’s treaty-based rights in Svalbard form the main identifiable bilateral connection.
Bulgaria toward Svalbard and Jan Mayen
+15Bulgaria’s participation in the Svalbard Treaty recognizes equal rights for treaty parties’ nationals in specified economic activities in the archipelago.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen toward Bulgaria
Not assessedSvalbard and Jan Mayen are administered by Norway and do not conduct an independent foreign policy toward Bulgaria.
Overall relationship
Not assessedHow 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 is a party to the Svalbard Treaty, which provides treaty parties’ nationals equal rights in specified economic activities in the archipelago. Svalbard is under Norwegian sovereignty, and Jan Mayen is administered by Norway; neither has an independent foreign policy. The treaty connection supports a limited assessment of Bulgarian policy, while no separate territorial government conduct toward Bulgaria can be assessed.
Key developments
Bulgaria became a party to the Svalbard Treaty, which sets out equal rights for treaty parties’ nationals in specified economic activities in the archipelago.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of Bulgarian government engagement with treaty-related activities in Svalbard is unclear.