Bulgaria–Estonia relations
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Bulgarian-Estonian relations are foreign relations between Bulgaria
and Estonia
. Bulgaria recognised Estonia on May 20, 1921 and re-recognised Estonia on August 26, 1991. Both countries restored diplomatic relations on September 10, 1991.
Bulgaria is represented in Estonia through an honorary consulate in Tallinn
. Estonia has an embassy and an honorary consulate in Sofia
. Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union
.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
and Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. Bulgaria recognised Estonia on May 20, 1921 and re-recognised Estonia on August 26, 1991. Both countries restored diplomatic relations on September 10, 1991.
Bulgaria is represented in Estonia through an honorary consulate in Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
. Estonia has an embassy and an honorary consulate in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
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