foreign relations of the republic of bulgaria are the bulgarian government's external relations with the outside world. bulgaria has generally good foreign relations with its neighbors and has proved to be a constructive force in the region under socialist and democratic governments alike. promoting regional stability, bulgaria hosted a southeast european foreign ministers meeting in july 1996, and an osce conference on black sea cooperation in november 1995. bulgaria also participated in the 1996 south balkan defense ministerial in albania and is active in the southeast european cooperative initiative. bulgaria's main focus is the euro-atlantic integration since 1997 and the efforts of the governments since then led to admission to nato in 2004 and the european union in 2007. its main allies are greece and romania, while it maintains good relations with serbia and the rest of the balkans. republic of macedonia is very important state in bulgarian foreign and internal policy due to the historical, ethnical and cultural connections.