Ukraine: Chichester City Council discuss Russian city ties

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During an ‘extraordinary meeting’ Chichester City Council clarified the city’s relationship with its twin city in Russia, voting to suspend its relationship.

During an ‘extraordinary meeting’ on Monday, March 21, the city council discussed the possibility of severing the city’s link with the Russian city of Kursk, which was formally agreed upon following deliberations.

The Russian city had been friendly with the town since 2006 as the two cities hoped to promote positive international relations,

The motion of suspending relations between the two cities was put to motion following the hostilities between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

Councillor Anne Scicluna said that the motion was ‘a difficult one’ but put forward suspending links to Kursk but didn’t want to cut ties completely.

In the discussions Cllr Craig Gershater hoped to ‘keep communication lines open between Kursk and Chichester if only to show the war’s perspective from the European side.’

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