MONTREAL – Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre announced that Montreal and Dublin will soon become twin cities.
Twin towns or sister cities have a legal and social partnership that allows for the promotion of cultural, educational and commercial exchanges between them.
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Coderre made the announcement during the annual St. Patrick’s Society charity ball on Friday night .
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He said he’ll soon be traveling to Dublin to finalize details.
Dublin will be joining a long list of Montreal sister cities including:
- Busan, South Korea;
- Hiroshima, Japan;
- Lucknow, India;
- Lyon, France;
- Manila, Philippines;
- Milan, Italy;
- Paris, France;
- Shanghai, China;
- and Yerevan, Armenia.
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