Nakhodka is Russia’s gateway to the APR

A close economic cooperation and traditional international links further to establish sister-city relations between Nakhodka and other cities. It was not by chance that Nakhodka became the first city in the history of Russian-Japanese relations to sign an agreement on friendship with the city of Maizuru in June 1961. On September12, 1966, an agreement on friendship with the Japanese city of Otaru was signed. 16 years later, in October 1982, Tsuruga city (Japan) became sister-city of Nakhodka. In April 1975 and in January 1989 the American cities of Oakland (California) and Bellingham (state of Washington) became Nakhodka’s sister- cities. In June 1991 the Chinese city of Jilin and in December the same year the city of Donghae (the Republic of Korea) were added to the list of Nakhodka’s sister-cities. The agreement of the establishment of sister-city relations between the city of Nakhodka and the province of Phuket was signed in September, 2006. All the sister-cities are ports except Jilin.

For these years friendly relations between the sister-cities have widened and grown strong. Their economic partnership was complemented by cultural, educational and sports relations. Competitions, sports contests and delegation exchanges take place on an annual basis.