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== International relations ==

=== Twin towns – sister cities ===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}
Milan is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref name=gemellaggi>{{cite web|title=Gemellaggi|url=https://www.comune.milano.it/aree-tematiche/relazioni-internazionali/city-to-city-cooperation/gemellaggi|publisher=Milano|language=it|access-date=17 November 2022|archive-date=17 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117155815/https://www.comune.milano.it/aree-tematiche/relazioni-internazionali/city-to-city-cooperation/gemellaggi|url-status=live}}</ref>
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*{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo]], Brazil, since 1961
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Chicago]], United States, since 1962
*{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Lyon]], France, since 1967
*{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia, since 1967
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Frankfurt]], Germany, since 1969
*{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom, since 1974
*{{Flagicon|SEN}} [[Dakar]], Senegal, since 1974
*{{Flagicon|CHN}} Shanghai, China, since 1979
*{{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Osaka]], Japan, since 1981
*{{Flagicon|ISR}} [[Tel Aviv]], Israel, since 1997
*{{Flagicon|PSE}} [[Bethlehem]], Palestine, since 2000
*{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Toronto]], Canada, since 2003
*{{Flagicon|POL}} [[Kraków]], Poland, since 2003
*{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[City of Melbourne|Melbourne]], Australia, since 2004
*{{Flagicon|KOR}} [[Daegu]], South Korea, since 2015
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The partnership with Saint Petersburg was suspended in 2012 (a decision taken by the city of Milan), because of the prohibition of the Russian government on "homosexual propaganda".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2012/12/02/in-russia-vietata-propaganda-gay-milano-torino-e-venezia-ritirano-gemellaggio/432838/ |title=Russia banned "gay propaganda". Milan ends twinning |date=2 December 2012 |publisher=Ilfattoquotidiano.it |access-date=14 September 2013 |archive-date=12 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912173729/http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2012/12/02/in-russia-vietata-propaganda-gay-milano-torino-e-venezia-ritirano-gemellaggio/432838/ |url-status=live}}</ref> However, it was later restored and as of 2022, St. Petersburg is still listed on Milan's official list of twin towns.<ref name=gemellaggi/>