Lugano – Almaty: signed cooperation agreement between the two cities

The mayor of the City of Lugano Marco Borradori signed yesterday in Almaty with the mayor Baurzhan Baibek, a cooperation agreement as part of a joint mission in Kazakhstan City, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Handicraft of Canton Ticino (CC-TI), the Lugano Commodity Trading Association, Lugano Tourism and Switzerland Tourism, promoted by the Ambassador of Switzerland in the country Eurasian SE Mauro Reina.

The City of Lugano has decided to act on a request agreement with Almaty in view of a network collaboration with partners active in the area. The mission's program provides, in fact, for each company present, a series of B2B meetings with potential Kazakh partners. Considering that in Lugano there is already a significant number of activities related to Kazakhstan in the most dynamic sectors, the agreement with Almaty is a good opportunity for the promotion of Lugano worldwide and serves as a support to the development strategies already in place at regional level.

The meeting with the mayor of Almaty Baurzhan Baibek and municipal responsible for economic development, tourism and culture was held yesterday afternoon. "We are interested in learning about the best practices of the City of Lugano in some areas of development priority for us – said the mayor of Almaty. Have closer relations with a Swiss conglomerate is the ability to compare ourselves with the Swiss excellence. The Mayor of Lugano marco borradori has, for his part, reminded the international vocation of the City of Lugano.