St. Petersburg international cooperation is an example of people’s diplomacy, which, as a “soft power”, plays an important role in the development of international relations, in the rapprochement of peoples and states, in the desire of people to live in peace, security, in good neighborhood with other peoples. . She is a public ambassador to Russia, jointly shaping the interests of Russia, Russian culture and language abroad; a lot to present St. Petersburg as a dynamically developing international scientific and cultural center.

The association includes more than 30 societies, associations for cultural and business cooperation with foreign countries, branches of international organizations and clubs, as well as about 100 organizations, including cultural institutions, higher educational institutions, schools, and business partners.