Far East 2013
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a delegation from Japan, led by the Vice Minister in charge of of Territory, Infrastructures and Tourism Manabu Sakai.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Italy Sargis Gharzaryan.
The President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met the ambassador of the Philippines in Italy Virgilio Reyes.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino, the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe and the President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a large delegation of Nagoya, twin city since 2005 and friend city since 2002, led by the Mayor Takashi Kawamura. On the occasion, in the presence of the authorities and of the delegation, at the inauguration of the Exhibition "Spirit of Japan" at the MAO on October 28th, a movie on Nagoya was showed.
The President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a delegation of Kanazawa and of the Japanese Ministry of Infrastructures and Transports, visiting Torino within the framework of the programme of exchanges in the fields of preservation of historic, cultural and urban heritage and of urban development policies, financed by the European Commission. On October 10th President Ferraris took part in the final meeting of the project in Brussels, together with the representatives of the other Italian and Japanese cities involved.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of Kyoto, led by the Mayor Kadokawa Daisaku, in Torino on the occasion of the World Master Games 2013. In the meetings, that were aiming at identifying hypothesis for a future cooperation between the two Cities - Kyoto is candidate for hosting the World Master Games 2021, took also part the Governor of the Prefecture of Tottori,Hirai Shinji.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Road System, Infrastructures, Transports and Mobility of the City of Torino Claudio Lubatti met a delegation of Fushan, led by the Vice Mayor Peng Hui and interested in the subjects of infomobility and urban traffic management.
The City of Torino welcomed the Consul General of the Popular Republic of China in Milan Liao Juhua, in Torino for the inauguration of the exhibition, promoted by the Chinese Consulate General in Milan and organised by ANGI together with ASF Piemonte, "Sotto lo stesso cielo - Viaggio nello Xinjiang", at the Intercultural Centre of the City of Torino.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand in Italy Surapit Kirtiputra, in Torino for the inauguration of the exhibition "La vocazione internazionale del Piemonte": Relazioni con il Sud-Est Asiatico al tempo dell’Unità d’Italia (1850-1911), organised by CESMEO International Institute of Advanced Asian Studies, in cooperation with the Università degli Study of Torino.
Different Departments of the City of Torino met a delegation of several managers and directors of the Metropolitan Government of Seoul, in Torino to study issues related to city planning, to promotion, culture and tourism, to events and international affairs. The mission was coordinated by the Ecole Nationale d’Administration.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met for some interviews a delegation of Japanese journalists of the Bella Italia magazine, in Torino for realising a reportage.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met the Princess and Ambassador of Tailand in Austria Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol and the Governor of Bangkok Sukhumbhand Paribatra, in Torino for the UNICRI - International Forum of Mayors on Crime Prevention and Security.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of Ambassadors of the ASEAN in Italy: the Ambassador of Indonesia August Parengkuan, the Ambassador of Malaysia Datin Paduka Halimah Abdullah, the Ambassador of Myanmar Tint Swai, the Ambassador of Philippines Virgilio A. Reyes Jr. and the Ambassador of Thailand Penrapa Vongkovit.
The Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino met a delegation of members of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly, in Torino for some visits.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of the Popular Republic of China in Milan Liang Hui on the occasion of the end of his consular mandate.