Mr. Kadir Topbaş, the mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and attended in Mexico City for United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and Mr. Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City, signed the sister-city protocol between Istanbul and Mexico City.
Mr. Kadir Topbaş, the mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and attended in Mexico City for United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and Mr. Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City, signed the sister-city protocol between Istanbul and Mexico City.
Mr. Kadir Topbaş, the mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and also attended in Mexico City for United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) for the 2010-2013 term at a meeting on Saturday in Mexico City, met with Mr. Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City at the Municipal Palace.
Mr. Marcelo Ebrard began his speech by expressing his satisfaction in hosting Mr. Kadir Topbaş, the mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Mayor Mr. Topbaş stated that the strengthening the relations among cities was being important and wished that the sister-city agreement would lead to concrete collaborations in the future.
After the meeting held at the Municipal Palace in Mexico City, both Mr. Topbaş and Mr. Ebrard passed along the hall to sign up the sister-city agreement. Mr. Hüseyin Tanrıverdi, the Deputy Chairman of AK Party in charge of Decision and Administration Committee, Mr. Alev Kılıç, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in Mexico City have attended the sister city cooperation signing ceremony held at the Municipal Palace. After making a brief speech here, Mr. Topbaş noted that the inter-city relations of world cities have strengthened the ties of friendship and understanding between the people and cities and made a positive contribution to the solution of international problems.
After the speeches were delivered, the sister-city protocol between Istanbul and Mexico City was signed by both mayors in front of the invitees. About forty mayors who came from Turkey for the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Congress also attended at the signing ceremony in Mexico City.
via İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi.