Thursday, 20. 1. 2011

Official visit to rome

The Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković paid an official visit to Rome on Thursday, 20 January 2011.

At 12.30pm he had a meeting at Rome City Hall with the Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno.

The Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković and Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno mainly discussed current projects and links as well as co-operation between the two capitals in various fields. The Mayors agreed that the key problem of the two capitals, like the majority of European capitals, was traffic.

They stressed the importance of co-operation between Rome and Ljubljana and agreed that co-operation between European Union capitals is beneficial for all, and regarding this the Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno said that even a network of EU capitals was worth considering.

The Mayor of Ljubljana invited his Roman colleague to pay a return visit to Ljubljana. Gianni Alemanno accepted the invitation and then suggested that during his visit to Ljubljana the Mayors of both capitals should sign a protocol on co-operation between Rome and Ljubljana.