Bulgaria–United Kingdom relations

Bulgarian–British relations

Bulgaria	United Kingdom

Bulgarian–British relations are foreign relations between Bulgaria and the United Kingdom. Both countries established diplomatic relations in July 1879 as Bulgaria achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire. The two nations were enemies during the First World War, most of the Second World War, and the Cold War.^[1] Relations since 1989 have been very friendly between the two nations. Bulgaria has an embassy in London, and the United Kingdom have an embassy in Sofia. Both countries are full members of NATO and Council of Europe

Royal Visits to Bulgaria[]

• King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
  • 9 September 1936 - Sofia
• The Duke of Edinburgh
  • October 1973 - Varna
• The Prince of Wales
  • 6–8 November 1998 - Sofia and Plovdiv
  • 13–14 March 2003 - Sofia and Varna
• The Duke of York
  • 17–19 October 2001 - Sofia
• The Earl of Wessex and The Countess of Wessex
  • 23–24 June 2013 - Sofia
• The Duke of Kent
  • 7–9 April 2014 - Sofia and Plovdiv

See also[]

• Foreign relations of Bulgaria
• Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
• EU–UK relations
• Bulgarians in the United Kingdom
• British in Bulgaria
• Embassy of Bulgaria, London

Notes[]

Further reading[]

• Leonard, Glenn. "Economics, Diplomacy, and War: Britain and Bulgaria, 1936-38," Canadian Journal of History (2012) 47#3 pp 597–622.

External links[]

• (in Bulgarian and English) Bulgarian embassy in London
• (in Bulgarian and English) UK and Bulgaria - UK and the world - GOV.UK
• (in Bulgarian and English) British embassy in Sofia