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Representatives of the sister city of Liverpool visit Odesa
11:29 / 08.10.2013

ODESA, OCTOBER 8th, 2013, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE ¬― Deputy Mayor of Odesa Maria Stotskaya has met with a Liverpool city council member Mr. Roger Johnston, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

Odesa City Council Information Office reported today, 8 October.

According to the information, Deputy Mayor of Odesa Maria Stotskaya met with a Liverpool city council member Mr. Roger Johnston. The format of the British representative’s visit ― visit of courtesy, the purpose of which was to establish cooperation in the humanitarian sphere.

“It is my second visit to your beautiful city. The first time I visited Odesa in 1994, when the city celebrated the 200th Anniversary... This time my trip is related to the humanitarian sphere. I am a member of the board of trustees of Liverpool School, which is located in a very poor area of the city. I would like to establish a friendly relationship with several schools of Odesa. I think it would be an interesting educational experiment for our children aged 9-11 years,” Mr. Roger Johnston noted.

The Deputy Mayor of Odesa Maria Stotskaya mentioned that Department of Education and Science had identified schools that are willing to work with primary schools in Liverpool. They are Schools ¹69, ¹89, ¹40 and Gymnasium ¹7.

“Friendly relations between Odesa and Liverpool have its origins in 1957. Last time a delegation from Liverpool visited Odesa in 2009. I hope that this visit will be a stimulus for the development of friendly relations and partnership in the sphere of education and science,” M. Stotskaya said.