International Relations
The city of Yerevan is member of many international organizations: the "International Assembly of CIS Countries' Capitals and Big Cities" (MAG), the "Black Sea Capitals' Association" (BSCA), the "International Association of Francophone Mayors" (AIMF), the "Organization of World Heritage Cities" (OWHC), the "International Association of Large-scale Communities" and the "International Urban Community Lighting Association" (LUCI).
Yerevan is twinned with 18 cities:
- Carrara, Italy, since 1965
- Antananarivo, Madagascar, since 1981
- Cambridge, MA, United States, since 1987
- Marseille, France, since 1992
- Isfahan, Iran, since 1995
- Odessa, Ukraine, since 1995
- Tbilisi, Georgia, since 1996
- Beirut, Lebanon, since 1997
- Damascus, Syria, since 1997
- Montreal, Canada, since 1998
- Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 2000
- Bratislava, Slovakia, since 2001
- São Paulo, Brazil, since 2002
- Chişinău, Moldova, since 2005
- Rostov-on-Don, Russia, since 2005
- Los Angeles, United States, since 2007
- Nice, France, since 2007
- Venice, Italy, since 2011
Yerevan has a partnership agreement with 17 cities:
- Podgorica, Montenegro, since 1974
- Athens, Greece, since 1993
- Lyon, France, since 1993
- Stavropol, Russia, since 1994
- Kiev, Ukraine, since 1995
- Moscow, Russia, since 1995
- Florence, Italy, since 1996
- Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 1997
- Volgograd, Russia, since 1998
- Minsk, Belarus, since 2002
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 2007
- Delhi, India, since 2008
- Sofia, Bulgaria, since 2008
- Shanghai, China, since 2009
- Kaliningrad, Russia, since 2009
- Paris, France, since 2011
- Stepanakert, NKR, since 2012
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