Angeles City inks sister cityhood with Seo-gu in South Korea

Tuesday 12th of June 2012

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, June 12 (PIA) –- The City Government of Angeles City has entered into a sister cityhood agreement with Seo-gu, a district in western Daegu in South Korea.

The memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed between Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan and Mayor Kang Seong-Ho to launch ties between the two cities where it reads “Angeles City and Seo-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City will share a common desire to promote and foster strong special ties, mutual understanding, friendship and goodwill through exchanges in science and technology, culture and arts, tourism, planning and urban development, commerce or trade and industry, youth, education and sports, environmental protection, aquaculture, agriculture, public health and social services."

Pamintuan said that “he is deeply honoured and happy with the agreement and was grateful that Angeles City has been chosen as one of their sister cities.”

Meanwhile, Seong-Ho said that “even though we have different nationalities, we both have similar painful historical memories and which we have shared and helped each other in times of trouble.”

Seo-gu is the center of transportation which connects four major expressways in the west of Daegu that is located inland, southeast of the Korean Peninsula. It plays a pivotal role in the economy of South Korea having industrial complexes, dyeing corporations and fiber laboratories. (CLJD/JGB-PIA3)