Delhi Extends Friendship Settlement with Japanese Metropolis of Fukuoka for Three Years – News18

The friendship settlement between Delhi and the Japanese metropolis of Fukuoka was prolonged for one more three years on Monday, with emphasis on cooperation in atmosphere, artwork, tradition and training, a metropolis authorities assertion stated.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Fukuoka Prefectural Authorities Vice Governor Akie Omagari signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) throughout a ceremony commemorating the fifteenth anniversary of the ‘twinning’ settlement. Omagari thanked Kejriwal for extending the settlement until March 2026, it stated.

“This settlement not solely fills the hole between the 2 cities but in addition connects them spiritually and culturally. It’ll promote numerous alternatives in well being, training, and different sectors alongside atmosphere,” Kejriwal stated. Environmental air pollution is a severe situation, everybody should come collectively to search out options, Omagari stated on the MoU signing ceremony.

“We’re strongly requesting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to go to Fukuoka and our Governor Seitaro Hattori is wanting ahead to assembly you,” the assertion quoted her as saying. A 35-member delegation from the Fukuoka Prefectural Authorities arrived on the Delhi Secretariat to satisfy Kejriwal.

The delegation is on a go to to the nationwide capital to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the ‘twinning’ settlement.

The settlement, first signed on March 5, 2007, has been prolonged till March 31, 2026.

Over the previous 15 years, each the cities have engaged in numerous actions in artwork and cultural exchanges, environmental know-how and scholar/youth alternate programmes, the assertion stated. “Our friendship settlement of the final 15 years has introduced each the cities nearer by means of mutual cooperation and exchanges and advantages, particularly within the fields of atmosphere, artwork and tradition, archaeology and lately within the area of training,” Kejriwal stated.

The Delhi authorities believes that elevated cooperation will additional harness the potential within the spheres of atmosphere, which has been a significant concern, and in addition in well being, training and different areas by means of extra mutual exchanges, he stated. Delhi City Growth Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj stated the settlement has been strengthened for an extra three years, starting from April 1, 2023 until March 31, 2026.

Omagari stated within the area of atmosphere, 24 consultants have to date visited from Fukuoka and so they have additionally gone by way of a coaching programme. “For decarbonisation and the development of the atmosphere … if we are able to do one thing collectively, that will likely be very a lot pleasant for us,” she stated.

In March, an training delegation from the Fukuoka Prefectural Authorities visited Delhi for collaboration on the exchanges. In September, there was an settlement for the net alternate of scholars between two faculties of the Delhi authorities and the Fukuoka Authorities, she stated. “The training boards of each the governments have entered right into a cooperation and we expect good outcomes out of that,” she added.

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