Editing Cleveland (section)

== International relations ==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-73763-0004, Leipzig, Cyrus S. Eaton im Haus der Wissenschaft.jpg|thumb|[[Cyrus S. Eaton]] and his wife Anne in [[Leipzig]], [[East Germany]] in 1960]]
Cleveland maintains cultural, economic, and educational ties with 28 [[sister city|sister cities]] around the world. It concluded its first sister city partnership with [[Lima]], Peru, in 1964.<ref name="CLEsisters">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Sister City Partnerships |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/cleveland-sister-city-partnerships |date=December 14, 2023 |access-date=January 4, 2024 }}</ref> In addition, Cleveland hosts the [[List of diplomatic missions of Slovenia|Consulate General]] of the [[Slovenia|Republic of Slovenia]], which, until Slovene independence in 1991, served as an official consulate for [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito]]'s [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Slovenes |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date=May 11, 2018 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/slovenes |access-date=May 24, 2020 }}</ref> The Cleveland Clinic operates the [[Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi]] hospital, two outpatient clinics in [[Toronto]], and a hospital campus in London.<ref>{{cite news |last=Coutré |first=Lydia |title=Cleveland Clinic London to open second outpatient building this fall |newspaper=Crain's Cleveland Business |url=https://www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/cleveland-clinics-second-outpatient-facility-london-will-open-fall |date=February 15, 2023 |access-date=July 1, 2023 }}</ref> The Cleveland Council on World Affairs was established in 1923.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Council on World Affairs |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date=May 11, 2018 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-council-world-affairs |access-date=June 21, 2020 }}</ref>

Historically, Cleveland industrialist [[Cyrus S. Eaton]], an apprentice of [[John D. Rockefeller]], played a significant role in promoting dialogue between the U.S. and the [[Soviet Union]] during the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Eaton, Cyrus Stephen |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/e/eaton-cyrus-stephen |access-date=November 10, 2019 |date=July 30, 2019 }}</ref> In October 1915 at Cleveland's [[Bohemian National Hall (Cleveland, Ohio)|Bohemian National Hall]], Czech American and Slovak American representatives signed the [[Cleveland Agreement]], calling for the formation of a [[Czechoslovakia|joint Czech and Slovak state]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Burik |first=Paul |title=Cleveland Agreement of 1915 |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-agreement-1915 |date=October 3, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2023 }}</ref>

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!Sister cities of Cleveland<ref name="CLEsisters" />
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* {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Alexandria]] (Egypt) ''1977''
* {{flagicon|ETH}} [[Bahir Dar]] (Ethiopia) ''2004''
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Bangalore]] (India) ''1975''
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Beit She'an]] (Israel) ''2019''
* {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Brașov]] (Romania) ''1973''
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Bratislava]] (Slovakia) ''1990''
* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Bursa]] (Turkey) ''2023''
* {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Cape Town]] (South Africa) ''2023''
* {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Cleveland (county)|Cleveland]] (United Kingdom) ''1977''
* {{flagicon|GIN}} [[Conakry]] (Guinea) ''1991''
* {{flagicon|ALB}} [[Fier]] (Albania) ''2006''
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Gdańsk]] (Poland) ''1990''
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Heidenheim an der Brenz]] (Germany) ''1977''
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Holon]] (Israel) ''1977''
* {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Ibadan]] (Nigeria) ''1974''
* {{flagicon|RWA}} [[Kigali]] (Rwanda) ''2023''
* {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Klaipėda]] (Lithuania) ''1992''
* {{flagicon|PER}} [[Lima]] (Peru) ''1964''
* {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Ljubljana]] (Slovenia) ''1975''
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[County Mayo|Mayo]] (Ireland) ''2003''
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Miskolc]] (Hungary) ''1995''
* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novi Sad]] (Serbia) ''2023''
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Rouen]] (France) ''2008''
* {{flagicon|SLV}} [[Segundo Montes, Morazán|Segundo Montes]] (El Salvador) ''1991''
* {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Taipei]] (Taiwan) ''1975''
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Tema]] (Ghana) ''2023''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Vicenza]] (Italy) ''2009''
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Volgograd]] (Russia) ''1990''
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