Brief historical information
The Government of the Republic of Bulgaria recognized the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 14 January 1992 and the diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 5 June 1992. In December 1999 the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Azerbaijan was opened. On 16 April 2004, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the establishment of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 04 March 2015, “Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria” was signed during the visit of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I.Aliyev to the Republic of Bulgaria. This document raised the bilateral relations between two countries into the level of strategic partnership and paved the way for new opportunities in bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
On 8 May 2024, during the official visit of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria R. Radev to Azerbaijan, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I.Aliyev and the President of the Republic of Bulgaria R.Radev signed the "Joint Declaration on strengthening the strategic partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria".
High-Level Mutual Visits and Meetings
Heads of State:
On 29-30 June 1995, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan H. Aliyev paid an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 07-08 September 1998, President of the Republic of Bulgaria P.Stoyanov paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan to attend the International Conference on Restoration of the Historic Silk Route, which was held in Baku.
On 2-3 December 1999, President of the Republic of Bulgaria P. Stoyanov paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 7-8 October 2004, President of the Republic of Bulgaria G. Parvanov paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 23-24 September 2005, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev paid an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 10-12 March 2008, President of the Republic of Bulgaria G. Parvanov paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 22 January 2009, President of the Republic of Bulgaria G. Parvanov paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 13 November 2009, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev paid a working visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 30 June -1 July 2010, President of the Republic of Bulgaria G.Pirvanov paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 14-15 November 2011, President of the Republic of Bulgaria G.Pirvanov paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 19-20 September 2014, President of the Republic of Bulgaria R. Plevneliev paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the "Southern Gas Corridor".
On 3-5 March 2015, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev paid an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 28-29 April 2015, President of the Republic of Bulgaria R. Plevneliev paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the III Global Open Societies Forum.
On 28-29 June 2015, President of the Republic of Bulgaria R. Plevneliev paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the closing ceremony of the first European Games.
On 12-14 October 2017, President of the Republic of Bulgaria R. Radev paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 30 September - 1 October 2022, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev paid an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 10 March 2023, President of the Republic of Bulgaria R. Radev paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 25 April 2023, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev paid a working visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 7-8 May 2024, President of the Republic of Bulgaria R. Radev paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Heads of Government:
On 6-7 October 2004, the delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria, as well as the co-chairman of the Azerbaijan-Bulgaria Intergovernmental Commission N.Vasilev paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the 2nd session of the Intergovernmental Commission held in Baku.
On 12-13 November 2007, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria S. Stanishev paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 29-30 September 2008, a delegation headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the co-chairman of the Azerbaijan-Bulgaria Intergovernmental Commission A. Sharifov paod a working visit to the Republic of Bulgaria in order to participate in the 3rd session of the Intergovernmental Commission.
On 26-27 April 2012, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria B. Borisov paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 17 December 2013, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria P.Oresharski paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan to participate in the signing ceremony of the final investment decision on "Shahdeniz-2".
On 19-20 February 2014, Prime Minister of Bulgaria P.Oresharski paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 26-27 May 2015, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan E. Efendiyev paid a visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 12-13 June 2015, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria B. Borisov paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the opening ceremony of the 1st European Games.
On 15-16 January 2018, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria B. Borisov paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan. On 16 January 2018, Prime Minister B. Borisov took part in the ceremonial departure of the first Baku-Sofia direct flight performed by the first low-cost airline of Azerbaijan "Buta Airways" in Baku.
On 14-15 March 2019, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria B. Borisov paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the VII Global Baku Forum.
On 21 July 2022, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria K.Petkov paid a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Chairperson of Parliament:
On 27-30 September 2004, the Chairman of the National Assembly (Milli Majlis) of the Republic of Azerbaijan M. Alasgarov paid an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 24-25 November 2006, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria G. Pirinski paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 19-21 May 2008, Chairman of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan O. Asadov paid an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 13-15 May 2012, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria Ts. Tsacheva paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 27-28 November 2012, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria Ts. Tsacheva paid a working to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the 40th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC PA). In the plenary session, the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Assembly of the BSEC passed from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria, according to the rotation.
On 18-21 December 2012, Vice President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria G. Pirinski paid a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the 5th session of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly held in Baku.
On 19-21 September 2018, President of the 44th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria Ts.Karayancheva paid a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan to participate in the ceremonial meeting held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Parliament of Azerbaijan.
On 19-22 June 2019, a delegation led by the President of the 44th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria Ts.Karayancheva paid a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan to participate in the 53rd session of the BSEC PA held in Baku and to take over the PA chairmanship from Azerbaijan.
On 11-13 September 2023, the delegation led by the Chairwoman of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan S.Gafarova paid an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 4 March 2024, the delegation led by the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria R.Jelyazkov paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Foreign Ministers:
On 9-10 November 1997, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria N. Mihaylova paid a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 15-16 March 2004, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria S. Passy paid a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan as the acting chairman of the OSCE.
On 30 April 2004, the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria I. Petkov paid a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the event of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization held in Baku.
On 4-5 December 2004, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan E. Mammadyarov paid a visit to the Republic of Bulgaria in order to participate in the 12th session of the OSCE Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Sofia.
On 17-18 April 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan E. Mammadyarov paid an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 22 October 2009, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria R. Jeleva paid a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the BSEC held in Baku.
On 18 May 2010, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan M. Mammad-Guliyev paid a visit to the Republic of Bulgaria in order to participate in the 22nd meeting of Foreign Ministers of the BSEC held in Sofia.
On 11-12 December 2012, a delegation consisting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria N. Mladenov, Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Poland J. Mikhaylovski and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden G. Bildt paid a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On 4-7 February 2014, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Kh. Khalafov paid a visit to the Republic of Bulgaria in order to participate in the 1st political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria held in Sofia.
On 18-20 June 2014, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan M. Mammad-Guliyev paid a visit to the Republic of Bulgaria in order to participate in the 30th meeting of foreign ministers of the BSEC held in Varna.
On 3-5 March 2015, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan E. Mammadyarov paid a visit to the Republic of Bulgaria as part of Azerbaijani delegation during the official visit of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev to Bulgaria.
On 31 October 2018, as part of the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov to Bulgaria, the 1st meeting of the Strategic Dialogue was held and bilateral, regional and global issues were discussed at the level of the foreign ministers of the two countries.
On 23-25 June 2019, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria E.Zaharieva paid an official visit to Azerbaijan to discuss the results of the 1st meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria.
On 30 May - 1 June 2022, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan J.Bayramov paid an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 1 December 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Y.Rafiyev paid a visit to the Republic of Bulgaria in order to participate in the 4th political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria held in Sofia.
Inter-Parliamentary relations:
The Working Group for the Azerbaijani-Bulgarian Interparliamentary Relations was created in December 2005. Rauf Aliyev, member of the Milli Majlis, is the head of the Working Group, which has 17 members.
Head of Bulgaria-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group is the Member of Bulgarian Parliament Hamid Hamid and it has 39 members.
Relations between cities:
Shaki – Gabrovo
On 7 October 2004, the Mayors of Shaki and Gabrovo signed the Joined Declaration, proclaiming Shaki and Gabrovo as sister cities.
Ganja – Varna
On 21 December 2016, during the visit of the mayor of Varna city I. Portni to Ganja city, “Charter on cooperation between Ganja city of Azerbaijan and Varna city of Bulgaria” was signed.
Sumgayit – Burgas
In 2018, by signing the “Agreement on establishment of friendship and partnership relations between the Sumgayit city of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Burgas city of the Republic of Bulgaria”, sister city relations between Sumgayit and Burgas were established .
Nakhchivan-Veliko Tarnovo
On 18 April 2019, “Partnership Agreement on cooperation in fields of culture, tourism, city-building, education, science and economy between the Nakhchivan city of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Veliko Tarnovo city of the Republic of Bulgaria” was signed.
Legal basis:
107 legal documents were signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria:
- 5 June 1992 – signed in Oslo – Protocol on the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 29 June 1995 – signed in Sofia – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation.
- 29 June 1995 – signed in Sofia – Contract on friendship and cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 29 June 1995 – signed in Sofia – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on air transportation between and beyond their respective territories.
- 29 June 1995 – signed in Sofia - Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria for international road transport of passengers and commodities
- 29 June1995 – signed in Sofia – Contract between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria on legal assistance over civil issues.
- 29 June1995 – signed in Sofia – Agreement between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria on legal assistance over criminal issues.
- 29 June1995 – signed in Sofia – Agreement between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria on extradition.
- 9 November1997 – signed in Baku – Protocol on cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 2 December 1999 – signed in Baku – Joint Declaration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the President of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 2 December 1999 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation between the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria in the field of statistics.
- 2 December 1999 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field of standardization, meteorology and certification.
- 2 December 1999 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on mutual cooperation in custom matters.
- 2 December 1999 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field of tourism.
- 31 October 2001 – signed in Shumen - Agreement of cooperation between the Baku Slavic University and the Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen.
- 25 September 2002 – signed in Sofia - Agreement on cooperation in the military field between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 10 October 2002 – signed in Sofia - Agreement on cooperation between the Baku Slavic University and the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski.
- 7 October 2004 – signed in Baku – Joint Communiqué of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov.
- 7 October 2004 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the fields of public health and medicine.
- 7 October 2004 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on trade navigation.
- 7 October 2004 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on international combined transportation of commodities.
- 7 October 2004 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation between the Azerbaijani State Telegraph Agency (AzerTAc) and the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).
- 7 October 2004, Joint Declaration on establishment of sister city relations between Shaki (Republic of Azerbaijan) and Gabrovo (Republic of Bulgaria).
- 23 September 2005 – signed in Sofia – Joint Declaration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the President of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 23 September 2005 – signed in Sofia – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on facilitation of the visa regime.
- 23 September 2005 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum on cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on European and Euro-Atlantic integration.
- 23 September 2005 – signed in Sofia – Protocol of understanding between the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the National Customs Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria on enforcement of the customs cooperation, including relevant professional training and enhancement of the qualification of the professional staff.
- 23 September 2005 – signed in Sofia – Protocol of further cooperation between the aviation authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 23 September 2005 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of cooperation between the Azerbaijani Television and Radio Broadcasting Closed Joint - Stock Company (AzTV) and the Bulgarian National Television (BNT)
- 19 September 2006 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation in the field of youth policy and sports between the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the State Agency of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 15 May 2007 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 12 November 2007 – signed in Baku – Agreement on economic cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 12 November 2007 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field of antimonopoly policy and competition protection.
- 12 November 2007 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and property.
- 18 April 2008 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of understanding on consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 03 June 2009 – signed in Baku - Agreement on cooperation between the Baku Slavic University and the Bulgarian University of National and World Economy.
- 13 November 2009 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of energy between the Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 16 April 2010 – signed in Sofia - Agreement on cooperation between the Azerbaijani State University of Culture and Art and the Bulgarian National Academy of Art.
- 16 April 2010 – signed in Sofia - Agreement for cooperation between the Azerbaijani State University of Culture and Art and the Bulgarian National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts.
- 23 September 2010 – signed in Baku – Memorandum of cooperation between the State Committee on Property Issues of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Privatization and Post-Privatization Control Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 08 April 2011 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria for cooperation in the field of culture.
- 14 November 2011 - signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on mutual protection and exchange of classified information.
- 14 November 2011 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation between the Azerbaijani State Economic University and the Bulgarian University of National and World Economy.
- 14 November 2011 – signed in Baku – Memorandum on cooperation between the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 14 November 2011 – signed in Baku – Memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 29 November 2011 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation between the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
- 27 April 2012 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria for cooperation in the fight against crime.
- 27 April 2012 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field on emergency situations.
- 26 April 2012 – signed in Baku – Memorandum of understanding between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and the Bulgarian Energy Holding in the field of natural gas and oil.
- 26 April 2012 – signed in Baku – Memorandum of understanding between the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) and the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- 02 July 2012 – signed in Baku – Memorandum on cooperation between the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 18 September 2012 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of understanding between the Azerbaijani Medical University and the Medical University of Sofia
- 03 October 2012 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation between the Baku State University and the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski.
- 05 October 2012 – signed in Baku – Agreement between Public Radio Television Broadcasting Company (ITV) and Bulgarian National Television (BNT)
- 05 October 2012 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation between the Azerbaijani International News Agency “TREND” and the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).
- 12 November 2012 – signed in Baku - Protocol of cooperation in the field of jurisdiction between the Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Supreme Court of Cassation of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 16 May 2013 – signed in Baku - Memorandum of Understanding between the Baku High Oil School and the Technical University of Sofia
- 16 May 2013 – signed in Baku - Memorandum of Understanding between the Baku High Oil School and the Burgas University “Prof. Assen Zlatarov”.
- 16 May 2013 – signed in Baku - Memorandum of Understanding between the Baku High Oil School and the Technical University of Gabrovo.
- 24 May 2013 – signed in Sofia - Agreement on Creating the Azerbaijani Language and Culture Centre in the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski between the Baku Slavic University and the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski.
- 20 February 2014 – signed in Baku - Memorandum of understanding between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field of Environment Protection.
- 20 February 2014 – signed in Baku - Agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 20 February 2014 – signed in Baku - Memorandum of understanding between the Baku State University and the St.Cyril and St.Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo.
- 23 May 2014 - signed in Baku - Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of agriculture between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Bulgaria
- 23 May 2014 - signed in Baku - Agreement on cooperation between the Azerbaijan State Agrarian University and the Agriculture University of Plovdiv.
- 30 June 2014- signed in Baku - Cooperation Programme between the Chief Prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Chief Prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Bulgaria
- 19 September 2014 – signed in Baku – Joint Declaration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the President of the Republic of Bulgaria
- 20 September 2014 – signed in Baku - Memorandum of understanding between the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan “SOCAR” and “Bulgartransgaz” on exploring the opportunities for cooperation in the project for development of the Chiren gas storage facility.
- 20 September 2014 – signed in Baku – Protocol of intention between the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan “SOCAR” and “Bulgartransgaz”
- 4 November 2014 - signed in Baku - Agreement on cooperation and information exchange between Trend information agency (Azerbaijan) and Focus information agency (Bulgaria)
- 4 March 2015 – signed in Sofia – Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 4 March 2015 – signed in Sofia – Agreement between the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the government of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field of electronic communications, information technology and e-governance.
- 4 March 2015 – signed in Sofia – Protocol on the expansion of the cooperation in the field of tourism between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 17 April 2015 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of Understanding on mutual cooperation between Azerbaijan National Library named after M.F.Akhundov and St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 20 April 2015 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation between Baku Higher Oil School and „Angel Kanchev“ University of Ruse.
- 29 September 2016 – signed in Baku – Memorandum between Baku International Sea Trade Port and Port Infrastructure Company of Bulgaria.
- 29 September 2016 – signed in Baku – Memorandum of cooperation between Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) and Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency of Bulgaria.
- 29 September 2016 – signed in Baku – Memorandum of cooperation between Azerbaijan Chamber of Trade and Industry and Chamber of Trade and Industry of Sofia.
- 29 September 2016 – signed in Baku – Memorandum of cooperation between Azerbaijan Chamber of Trade and Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency of Bulgaria.
- 29 September 2016 – signed in Baku – Memorandum of cooperation between Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) and Bulgaria-Azerbaijan Chamber of Trade-Industry.
- 11 October 2016 – signed in Baku – Agreement on cooperation between the APA Information Agency of Azerbaijan and FOCUS News Agency of Bulgaria.
- 10 April 2017 – signed in Sofia – Agreement on cooperation in the field of science and technology between the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. With this agreement between the two institutions previous agreement dated 29 November 2011 has been expired.
- 18 July 2017 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of Understanding between the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan “SOCAR” and “Bulgartransgaz”.
- 21 May 2018 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of Understanding between Literature Institute named after Nizami Ganjavi of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences and Literature Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
- 21 May 2018 – signed in Sofia – Agreement of cooperation between Archeology and Ethnography Institute of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences and National Archeology Institute and Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
- 26 June 2018 – signed in Burgas – Agreement on establishment of friendship and partnership relations between the Sumgayit city of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Burgas city of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 24 September 2018 – signed in Baku – Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Mining and Geology named after St. Ivan Rilski of Bulgaria and Baku State University.
- 5 October 2018 – signed in Sofia – Agreement on Academic Cooperation and Exchange between the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports and the National Sports Academy named after Vasil Levski.
- 31 October 2018 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of education between the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 7 November 2018 – signed in Sofia – Agreement between the Center for Agrarian Science and Innovation under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Academy of Agriculture of the Republic of Bulgaria on scientific and technical cooperation.
- 7 November 2018 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of Understanding between Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park LLC and Bulgarian National Industrial Zones Company.
- 7 November 2018 – signed in Sofia – Memorandum of Understanding between Azerbaijan University of Tourism and Management and Bulgarian International Business School.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the National History Museum of Azerbaijan and the National History Museum of Bulgaria (2019).
- 18 April 2019 – signed in Veliko Tarnovo – Partnership Agreement on cooperation in fields of culture, tourism, city-building, education, science and economy between the Nakhchivan city of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Veliko Tarnovo city of the Republic of Bulgaria.
- 17 April 2019 – signed in Sofia – Agreement on cooperation between Baku Slavic University and Veliko Tarnovo University named after St. Cyril and Methodius.
- 4 June 2019 – signed in Ganja – Agreement on cooperation between Azerbaijan State Agrarian University and Plovdiv Agrarian University (2014) has been renewed.
- 4 July 2019 – signed in Baku – Program on cultural cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria for 2019-2023.
- 6 November 2019 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on Pension Provision.
- 21 November 2019 – signed in Baku – Protocol amending the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in combating crime.
- 21 November 2019 – signed in Baku – Agreement between the State Border Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field of border issues.
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11 March 2021 – signed in Sofia – and 19 May 2021 – signed in Baku – "Agreement on cooperation in the field of military education and training between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Bulgaria".
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30 September 2022 – signed in Sofia – "Memorandum of Understanding between the city of Shusha of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the city of Veliko Tarnovo of the Republic of Bulgaria on the establishment of fraternal relations and cooperation in culture, tourism, urban planning, science, economy and other relevant fields of public life".
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12 December 2023 – signed in Baku – "Memorandum of Agreement between the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field of youth and sports".
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8 May 2024 – signed in Baku – “Joint Declaration on Strengthening the Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria”.
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8 May 2024 – signed in Baku – “Code Share Agreement between Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC and Bulgaria Air JSC”.
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8 May 2024 – signed in Baku – “Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Innovation and Growth of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field of technological innovation”.
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8 May 2024 – signed in Baku – “Memorandum of Understanding between State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic and Asarel Investment EAD”.