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Solun mayor signs cooperation agreement with Bitola mayor |
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Thursday, 24 May 2012 |
 
The mayors of Bitola and Solun - Vladimir Talevski and Yiannis
Boutaris - signed a declaration for cooperation and joint promotion
before EU funds within the INTERREG and IPA programmes with a project
"Cultural Industries", media reported from Solun.
Taleski and Boutaris at their joint
meeting held yesterday in Solun discussed cooperation in the
field of culture, tourism, new technologies and education.
"Our embraces are wide open. In
order to cooperate in various spheres, a special protocol with clear
cooperation strategy will be prepared soon. Despite
the fact that the two countries have some political differences, the
two friendly nations share a lot of ties that need to be developed,"
Boutaris said after the meeting.
In addition to Solun, Bitola
has established cooperation with several Greek cities, including Lerin (florina), Voden (edessa) and Kostur (kastoria). Yesterday's talks were the first official
meeting between mayors of Bitola and Solun.
Taleski said the cooperation between the two cities was in the interest of Macedonian and Greek citizens. "We
are convinced that the absurd issue will be settled and life on both
sides of the border will be much better," mayor Talevski stated.
The "Cultural Industries" project is an introduction into a wider and bigger cooperation, Taleski and Boutaris concluded.
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