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, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de jure Azerbaijan), since 2012