Mayor of Lefkosa Mehmet Harmancı gave a speech at the “Intelligent Cities and Innovation Summit” organized in Adana, Turkey.

It was stated that about 200 mayors from 26 countries attended the ‘Intelligent Cities and Innovation Summit’ which was organized by the World Academy for Local Government and Democracy (WALD) with the support of the Association of Municipalities in Turkey (TBB).

During the summit, Harmancı met with Tehran Municipality’s Vice General Director of Foreign Relations, Goshtasb Mozaferi. Mozaferi invited Lefkoşa Turkish Municipality to ‘Culture Summit’ to be organized in Tehran in 2015 by UCLG-MEWA.

In his speech at the Board of Directors and Joint Council Meeting, Harmancı said that they want to take active part in the Project of Children Friendly Poems, in the Gender Equality Committee and the Committee of Establishing Peace and City Diplomacy, to be formed within the body of UCLG-MEWA.