International Relations
Mykolaiv is part of the International Black Sea Club, The World Council of Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), and the International Assembly of Capitals and Major Cities of the CIS (certain countries that were part of the former Soviet Union) countries.
Mykolaiv’s 10 sister cities:
- Batumi, Georgia (since 1995);
- Trieste, Italy (since 1996);
- Bursa, Turkey (since 2001);
- Tiraspol, Moldova (since2004);
- Moscow, Russia (since 2005);
- Pleven, Bulgaria (from 2005);
- Lyon, France (since 2006);
- Borjomi, Georgia (since 2006);
- Dezhou, China (since 2009);
- Mogilev, Belarus (since 2009).
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