Almaty Akim takes part in Asia Pacific Cities Summit
ALMATY. September 15. KAZINFORM. /Daniyar Sikhimbayev/ Akim of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yessimov has taken part in the Asia Pacific Cities Summit in Incheon, Korea, today.
The event gathered more than a thousand representatives of 150 cities of the Asia Pacific Region. The program of the summit titled "Creative Urban Development" included the meetings of mayors of cities, discussion of models of urban culture development and ways of solution of problems caused by urbanization.
Within the framework of the summit Akim of Almaty met with Mayor of Incheon Sang Soo Ahn. The parties discussed the issues of cooperation. The Korean side proposed to make Almaty and Incheon twin cities.
A. Yessimov also took part in a number of meetings in Seoul. He met with the management of Korean companies working in Almaty and enterprises planning to invest in the projects of Almaty.