Yerevan has got 20 sister-cities.br />
The first association agreement was signed with Carara (Italy) on September 12th 1973.
The last treaty was signed on September 20th 2007 with Nice (France).
Trade-economical, science-technical fields as well as culture, health care, tourism, constructions and other spheres are involved in the scope of sister-cities cooperation.

• Stavropol (Russia)
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  Stavropol (Russia)

  Sister cities

  

  The agreement "On Establishing Friendship and Cooperation between the Executive Committee of the City Council of Yerevan and the City Administration of Stavropol" was signed in Yerevan on October 28, 1994. By its nature, the agreement concerns cooperation in trade and economic, scientific and technical, information, social and cultural sectors. The representation of the City Hall Yerevan was opened in Stavropol in October 1999. The representative is Gennadiy Voskanyan.

• Nice (France)
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  Nice (France)

  Sister cities

  

  An agreement of declaration of Nice and Yerevan sister cities was signed in Yerevan on September 20, 2007. On September 22-24 2011 the delegation headed by the Mayor of Yerevan visited Nice to participate in the event dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the RA Independence held by the Municipality of Nice. Within the scope of the visit the monument to Ruben Sevak dedicated to the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide was opened in Armenian Park in Nice.

• Rostov on Don (Russian Federation)
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  Rostov on Don (Russian Federation)

  Sister cities

  

  A cooperation agreement between Yerevan and Rostov-on-Don was signed on April 20, 2004. Main directions of the cooperation were defined in the agreement: trade and economic, cultural, tourism, sports, exchange of creative groups etc. A cooperation agreement between chambers of commerce and industry of Yerevan and Rostov region was signed during the visit.
  An agreement of declaration of Yerevan and Rostov-on-Don sister cities was signed on October 9, 2005 in Yerevan, and a memorial complex immortalizing the memory of fallen Cossacks was opened in the community Qanaqer-Zeytun
  A program of trade and economic, scientific and technical, and cultural cooperation for 2006-2008 was signed by the mayor’s office of Yerevan and the administration of Rostov-on-Done in July 2006 in Rostov-on-Done.

• Antananarivo (Madagaskar)
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  Antananarivo (Madagaskar)

  Sister cities

  

  The cooperation between the cities Yerevan and Antananarivo (Madagascar) was started in 1981 on the basis of the protocol declaring them sister cities:

• Beirut (Lebanon)
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  Beirut (Lebanon)

  Sister cities

  

  The cooperation between Yerevan and Beirut was started in 1997. On October 1997 the agreement “On friendship and cooperation between the RA city of Yerevan and the Republic of Lebanon” was signed in Yerevan. Guided by the principles of the agreement, an agreement on cooperation and establishment of brotherly relations between the city of Beirut, the Republic of Lebanon, and the city of Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia, was signed on September 28, 2000 in Yerevan. In 2000, within the framework of the visit of the mayor of Beirut to Yerevan, one of the streets of Yerevan was named the Beirut street, and in spring 2004, within the framework of the visit of the mayor of Yerevan to Beirut, one of the streets of Beirut was named the Yerevan street.

• Bratislava (Slovakia)
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  Bratislava (Slovakia)

  Sister cities

  

  The cooperation between Yerevan and Bratislava started on April 28, 2000, when the agreement on establishing brotherly relations was singed in Yerevan. The agreement stipulates cooperation with the purpose of exchange of experience of local governance and corresponding specialists, cooperation in cultural, sports, education, nature protection and health care sectors, as well as fostering economic ties and research of opportunities for establishing joint ventures through reciprocal visits of businessmen.

• Damascus (Syria)
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  Damascus (Syria)

  Sister cities

  

  The agreement on establishment of brotherly relations between Yerevan and Damascus was signed on April 25, 1997 in Yerevan. The program of cooperation with the administration of the state of Damascus includes the health care sector with its medical institutions, automated topographical information systems, as well as the issue of establishment of joint Armenian-Syrian transportation company for arranging shipment for the following routes:

  • Port of Latakia-Poti-Yerevan
  • Syria-Turkey-Georgia-Armenia.

• Isfahan (Iran)
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  Isfahan (Iran)

  Sister cities

  

  A cooperation agreement between the city council of Yerevan and the city hall of Isfahan was signed on May 5, 1995. It includes the cultural, education, economic and sports sectors, municipal government and staging various exhibitions. The agreement on declaring Isfahan and Yerevan sister cities was signed on April 27, 2004 in Isfahan. The cities are in permanent cooperation. Mutual visits and official invitations to participate in various events are always carried out.

• Carrara (Italy)
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  Carrara (Italy)

  Sister cities

  

  Protocols on principles of cooperation between Yerevan and Carrara were signed previously (12.09.1973). According to the protocol on establishment of brotherly relations and cooperation between the cities Yerevan and Carrara, the purpose of establishment of bilateral friendly relations is acquaintance with various areas of economy, determination of possible ways for cooperation between enterprises and companies of both cities, mutually beneficial exchange of information and experience of municipal economy development.

• Los Angeles (USA)
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  Los Angeles (USA)

  Sister cities

  

  The agreement of declaration Yerevan and Los Angeles sister cities was signed on February 23, 2007 in Los Angeles.

• Cambridge (USA)
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  Cambridge (USA)

  Sister cities

  

  A treaty of friendship and cooperation was signed between Yerevan and Cambridge on October 5, 1987. A two-year agreement on cooperation and exchange was signed in 1994, and the two-year treaty "On Cooperation and Exchange" was signed in 2001 and renewed in 2003. It includes professional development programs, youth exchange projects, ecological, educational and training programs, three-year sponsorship of assistance programs for schools of Armenia, and cooperation in tourism and sports sectors. The main attention is focused on the strengthening of relations among schools within the framework of the "Association of Sister Cities".

• Kishinev (Moldova)
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  Kishinev (Moldova)

  Sister cities

  

  The agreement "On Trade and Economic, Scientific and Technical, and Cultural Cooperation between the City Hall of Yerevan, RA and the City Hall of Kishinev, Moldova" was signed between Yerevan and Kishinev on May 25, 2005 in Kishinev. The parties undertook obligations to expand friendly relations among citizens of both cities, promote new forms of public and economic development and reciprocal connections, develop economic relations, strengthen scientific and cultural contacts, and cooperate in the sectors of tourism and nature protection.

• Marseille (France)
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  Marseille (France)

  Sister cities

  

  The first cooperation agreement between Yerevan and Marseille was signed on January 25, 1992, and then it was renewed on January 21, 1994 in Marseille. The same year another cooperation agreement was signed by the City Hall of Yerevan, the RA Ministry of Health and the Benevolent Union of Hospitals of Marseille. The cooperation agreement was re-signed on October 26, 2001. Especially close relations have been established between the Yerevan Medical University and the 2nd University of Marseille.
  As a partner city Yerevan is a member of GOSPEL program / Governance in the context of Sport as social link/ of CUIDAD program / Cooperation in Urban Development and Dialogue/ together with the cities of Marseille, Mahdia /Tunisia/, Hamburg /Germany/, Split /Croatia/ and Trondhaim /Norway/.
  On June 21-25 2012 the delegation headed by the Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan visited Marseille to participate in the event dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the friendship and cooperation between the two cities.
  Meetings with the Mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Godin, with the representatives of Diaspora and business circles were held diring the visit. During the meetings they discussed the issues related to bilateral cooperation.

• Tbilisi (Georgia)
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  Tbilisi (Georgia)

  Sister cities

  

  The agreement "On establishment of friendly relations between the cities of Yerevan and Tbilisi" was signed between Yerevan and Tbilisi on June 4th 1996. The "Agreement between the Fond for Saving Culture Values of the Municipality of Tbilisi and the Department of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sport of the City Hall of Yerevan" was signed on April 4th 2003 in Yerevan.
  There are active relations with the Municipality of Tbilisi in the direction of experience exchange, as well as within the framework of cooperation with European structures.
  The official visit of the delegation headed by the Mayor of Yerevan to Tbilisi took place on June 10-12, 2011.

• Buenos Aires (Argentina)
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  Buenos Aires (Argentina)

  Sister cities

  

  On May 18th 2000 the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan and the Leader of Buenos Aires City Government Enrique Oliveira signed a Friendship and Cooperation Treaty between Yerevan /Armenia/ and Buenos Aires /Argentina/.
  According to the signed Agreement, Yerevan and Buenos Aires were officially declared sister-cities.

• Montreal (Canada)
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  Montreal (Canada)

  Sister cities

  

  On September 8th 1998 in Montreal a Friendship and Cooperation Treaty was signed between Yerevan and Montreal the aim of which was to establish and develop friendly relationship between the two cities.
  On July 5th 2011 Sisterhood Treaty was signed in Yerevan.
  On October 28 2010 in Yerevan a Memorandum of Understanding was signed "Between Yerevan, Armenia and Montreal, Canada"
  According to the signed document, the Canadian party is obliged to support and stimulate the creation of the Nature protection center through the organization of experience exchange between Yerevan and Montreal.

• Odessa (Ukraine)
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  Odessa (Ukraine)

  Sister cities

  

  A treaty on establishment of brotherly relations between Yerevan and Odessa was signed on November 25, 1995. The treaty "On Cooperation of Sister Cities" was signed on July 28, 2000, where the parties assume obligations to expand friendly relations between the two cities, promote development of bilateral public and economic relations, strengthen scientific and cultural relations, and expand cooperation in health, tourism and nature protection sectors.

• Sao Paulo (Brazil)
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  Sao Paulo (Brazil)

  Sister cities

  

  A protocol of intents between Sao Paulo and Yerevan was signed in Sao Paulo on May 8, 2002, which stated the readiness of parties to establish cooperation in the culture sector. The purpose of the protocol was to lay the foundations for cultural cooperation between Yerevan and Sao Paulo thus fostering the development and strengthening of friendly relations.

• Venice (Italy)
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  Venice (Italy)

  Sister cities

  

  Within the scope of the working visit of the RA President Serzh Sargsyan to Italy on December 15 2011 the Mayor of Yerevan T. Margaryan and the Mayor of Venice J.Orsoni signed an agreement "On sisterhood between Yerevan, Armenia and Venice, Italy".
  It’s anticipated to stimulate mutually beneficial cooperation in the spheres of economy, tourism, culture and sport and in this context take practical steps to arrange and provide cognitive bilateral visits of the business circles and cultural establishments of the two cities.

• Riga (Latvia)
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  Riga (Latvia)

  Sister cities