KYIV. June 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Kyiv city head Vitali Klitschko and Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller on Tuesday signed a joint statement on cooperation and partnership between the capitals of Ukraine and Germany, the Kyiv city state administration has reported.
“We appreciate the assistance of our friends who come to Kyiv, invest funds and implement projects. We understand how important it is to partner with one of Europe’s leading cities,” on Tuesday said.
“I am very pleased with the deepening of bilateral relations between Kyiv and Berlin in the ‘partner cities’ format and the signing of a joint statement on cooperation for establishing friendly, sustainable and mutually beneficial relations for the benefit of residents of both capitals,” he added.
During the meeting, Klitschko stressed that the cooperation between Kyiv and Berlin had been going on for a long time.
In his words, the city authorities’ priority is to ensure their transparency and effective work, fight corruption, bring the municipality to a higher level of interaction with residents of Kyiv, introduce the Smart City system and invite investors in the city. In this direction, he said, Kyiv very closely cooperates with the German government and Berlin in particular.
According to the signed document, the parties identified the existing common challenges in the context of urban development – urban development, transport, health care.
Klitschko and Mueller agreed to instruct the city administrations to exchange information and use it when planning their own projects. In addition, Kyiv and Berlin will be able to exchange expert opinions on projects that are planned for implementation in the capitals.
While commenting the document, Mueller in turn said that the main task of signing the memorandum was to deepen and extend ties between the cities in key areas of urban economy.
