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==International relations==
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Trieste hosts the Secretariat of the [[Central European Initiative]], an inter-governmental organisation among Central and South-Eastern European states.

In recent years, Trieste has been chosen as host to a number of high level bilateral and multilateral meetings such as: the [[2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste|Western Balkans Summit]] in 2017; the Italo-Russian Bilateral Summit in 2013 (Letta-Putin) and the Italo-German Bilateral Summit in 2008 (Berlusconi-Merkel); the [[G8]] meetings of Foreign Affairs and Environment Ministers, respectively in 2009 and 2001. In December 2020, Trieste hosted three-party talks between the foreign ministers of Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia on the delimitation of their respective [[exclusive economic zone]]. In 2020, Trieste was nominated the European Science Capital by [[EuroScience]]. In August 2021, it hosted the [[G20]] Meeting of Ministers of Innovation and Research.

===Sister cities and twin towns===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}

Trieste is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Beirut]], Lebanon (since 1956)
* {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Douala]], Cameroon (since 1971)
* {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Graz]], Austria<ref name="Graz">{{cite web|url=http://www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10045157/606819/ |title=Twin Towns – Graz Online – English Version |publisher=www.graz.at |access-date=2010-01-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108153010/http://www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10045157/606819/ |archive-date=2009-11-08 }}</ref> (since 1973)
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]], Brazil (since 1977)
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Southampton]], England (since 2002)
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Le Havre]], France