Foreign Relations of Capital City Prague

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Prague maintains partner relations with cities on a contractual as well as non-contractual basis, both of which are equal. Contracts were signed mainly in the first half of the 90s at the time when the new foreign policy of the City was being developed.  .

Since the 2nd half of the 90s, Prague has joined the cities that don’t sign non-specific contracts such as Vienna (Prague has very good long-term relations with the city), Rome, and others.  Prague now prefers cooperation on specific projects.   

Membership of Prague in international organisations

EUROCITIES, POLIS, IRE, European Mozart Ways and The League of Historical Cities.

The City of Prague acts as an observer in OWHC (Organization of World Heritage Cities).

CITY OF PRAGUE PARTNER CITIES

A) ON THE BASIS OF A SIGNED AGREEMENT

Country City Agreement

Belgium

Brussels-Capital Region

Memorandum of Cooperation between City of Prague and Brussels-Capital Region (19 November 2003)

China (Taiwan)

Taipei

Memorandum of Understanding, cooperation on exchange programmes (19 July 2001)

China

Guangzhou

Memorandum on Development of Cooperation between the cities of Guangzhou and Prague (2013)

Shanghai

Agreement on Sister City Relationship between Shanghai and the City of Prague (17 May 2017)

France

Paris

Joint Declaration of City of Prague and Paris to mark the visit of Mayor Jean Tiberi (3 December 1997)

Georgia

Tbilisi

Joint Declaration of Mayors to mark the visit of Tbilisi Mayor Giorgi Ugulava (22 April 2013)

Japan

Kyoto

Declaration of Partnership
(15 April 1996)

Korea

Seoul

Joint Declaration of Mayors to mark visit of Seoul Mayor Lee, Myung-bak (29 March 2005)

Germany

Hamburg

Partnership Agreement
(19 April 1990)

Frankfurt am Main

Partnership Agreement
(11 May 1990)

 

Nuremberg

Partnership Agreement
(3 September 1990)

 

Berlin

Joint Declaration (10 June 1995); 

Framework Cooperation Agreement (5 December 1996)

 

Russian Federation

Moscow

Joint Declaration (23 March 1995);  

Agreement on Friendly Relations and Cooperation between City of Prague and Moscow (1 June 2000);  

Bilateral cooperation between the cities was suspended 2 September 2014 in connection with the annexation of Crimea and situation in the eastern regions of Ukraine.

Saint Petersburg

Declaration on Establishing of Friendly Relations (15 October 1991)

Agreement between the cities of Prague and Saint Petersburg (30 October 1992);

Bilateral cooperation between the cities was suspended 2 September 2014 in connection with the Russian annexation of Crimea and the situation in the eastern regions of Ukraine.

 

USA

Chicago

Declaration Establishing Sister City Affiliation
(19 June 1990)

Miami-Dade

Declaration Establishing Sister City Affiliation
(18 August 2010)

Phoenix

Agreement between Capital Cities
(20 May 1991)

 

B) WITH NO CONTRACTUAL BASIS

 Israel

 Jerusalem

Lithuania

 Vilnius

Latvia

 Riga

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Hungary

 Budapest

Austria

Vienna

Slovakia

 Bratislava

Ukraine

 Kyiv
17. December 2023
20. December 2023