Yantai City seeks sisterhood with CDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO The City of Yantai, China, wants to forge a “sisterhood relationship” with Cagayan de Oro City.
Yantai follows suit after Harbin City in China forged a relationship with the city.
In his letter to the City Council, Mayor Oscar Moreno said Yantai City, in the province of Shandong, China, seeks to enter a Sisterhood Relationship with Cagayan de Oro to enhance "mutual understanding and friendship and strengthening friendly exchange and cooperation" between the two countries.
Moreno said a delegation from Yantai will visit the country on August 18 this year to undertake the signing of the agreement.
The Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Yantai Municipal People's Government will be on hand to sign the agreement this month.
According to the draft agreement, Yantai and Cagayan de Oro, on the basis of mutual understanding, equality and mutual benefit, will seek the possibility of establishing a cooperative relationship.
This relationship will carry out exchanges and cooperation in various forms in the fields of economy, trade, science, technology, culture, sports, education, health, tourism, personnel, among others, to enhance mutual development and prosperity.
In 2007, Harbin City in the People’s Republic of China became a sister city to Cagayan de Oro, while in 2008, Cagayan de Oro became the 7th sister city of Norfolk, Virginia. SS-CDO