The cities of Kamianets-Podilskyi and Cihanbeyli, Türkiye, signed a partnership agreement.

This was announced by Mykhailo Positko, Mayor of Kamianets-Podilskyi.

According to him, on the 3rd of February of this year, the Cihanbeyli Municipal Council approved a twinning and cooperation agreement with Kamianets-Podilskyi.

The agreement was signed at the high-level official event with the participation of the signatories – heads of municipalities, Vasyl Bodnar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Türkiye, and Ihor Marchuk, MP.

As part of the official meetings, the Parties discussed the strategy of cooperation regarding the operation and development of industrial parks and the tourism industry.

On April 19-20, the International Summit of Cities and Regions was held in Ukraine, organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine. Among its tasks was the consolidation of the international community of local and regional authorities in support of Ukraine. At the Summit alone, 11 different agreements were signed on international inter-municipal and inter-regional cooperation. Moreover, at the International Summit of Cities and Regions, representatives of the local self-government of Ukraine and about thirty other countries, as well as the highest officials of Ukraine, witnessed by high-ranking officials of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the Council of Europe, the European Committee of the Regions, declared their readiness to join efforts to help in building a peaceful, democratic and prosperous future, to contribute to the establishment of a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace in Ukraine to ensure international security and stability of the entire world.