Irish Capital begins twinning process with Ukrainian city of Kyiv

The Lord Mayor of Dublin has signed an agreement to begin a twinning process with the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. 

The Lord Mayor, Caroline Conroy, and the First Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State, Mykola Povoroznyk, signed the Dublin Kyiv Twinning Agreement yesterday (November 28) during the Lord Mayor’s visit to the 2022 Kyiv Investment Forum in Brussels. 

The signing of the document gives effect to the Emergency Motion passed at the Dublin City Council meeting of March 7 this year to express the solidarity of the people of Dublin with the people of Kyiv. 

Mayor Conroy said, “I am delighted that we can now officially begin the process of twinning with the city of Kyiv. I met with Mykola Povoroznyk today and conveyed to him the support of the people of Dublin.

"I know everyone in Dublin, and indeed across the country, hopes that this unjust war will be brought to an end as soon as possible. Our thoughts are with our friends in Kyiv.” 

Dublin has twinned with four other cities in the past three decades, including San Jose in the United States in 1986, Liverpool in 1997, Barcelona in 1998 and Beijing in China in 2010. 

Following today’s signing, Dublin and Kyiv will work on ways in which the city of Dublin can express its solidarity with the people of Kyiv and how it will support the Irish Government in its humanitarian work with refugees from Kyiv. 

The Agreement between the two cities includes a wish for development and cooperation in a wide range of economic, cultural, tourism and other areas of mutual benefit. 

They will together promote European values of democracy, freedom and human rights, promote peaceful coexistence in Europe, and endeavour to provide mutual support in emergency situations by providing humanitarian assistance and political support. 

The form and content of the twinning agreement is not fixed and may be amended according to partners' wishes.