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Bulgarian-South African relations are foreign relations between Bulgaria and South Africa. Interest Offices between South Africa and Bulgaria were opened initially in November 1990 and full diplomatic relations was established on February 2, 1992. Bulgaria has an embassy in Pretoria [1] and South Africa has an embassy in Sofia.

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