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Sister City Love With South Korea
posted (May 26, 2017)
Yeosu is a port city in South Korea. It is known for its coastal scenery and it's over 300 islands. While many of us never heard of this city or much less been to Korea, Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley and his councilors have a good relationship with the Mayor of Yeosu, Ju Cheol Hyeon - in fact they have had an ongoing diplomatic partnership for the past 15 years. And today, after all that time Mayor Hyeon finally made a visit to Belize. And to make the most of his visit, Mayor Bradley held a ceremony at City Hall to revive and tweak their partnership through the signing of an MOU. Mayor Bradley discussed how this collaboration will benefit both cities.

Darrell Bradley, Mayor, Belize City
"We have a sister city relationship with Yeosu for the last 15 years. It is actually the first time that the mayor has made a visit to any part of Latin American and so he really chose to honor the relationship by coming to visit Belize, he is going to be here until Monday so today we had an official signing ceremony which is a Memorandum of Understanding between the city of Yeosu and the city of Belize where we commit ourselves to work in specific ways to support trade, support tourism development, technical assistance and cultural interaction between our two cities."

"Yeosu is a very advanced port city and similar to some of our sister city relationships that is very akin to Belize in terms of the circumstances that we face. We look for a lot of technical assistance and guidance in relation to what kind of plans we can implement in Belize one of the areas where we are focused quite heavily on is zoning and urban planning and one of the areas where we want assistance is in relation to that."

"Many of these developed countries tend to have a record of rapid industrialization and there tends not to be that emphasis on environmental protection. That is something I think that we can share with the world. I also think that in terms of our industry, our craft, our culture all of these things are things that I think that a relationship like Yeosu can benefit from."

Mayor Hyeon will leave on Monday.

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