Mayor Lee Jae-jun Visits Freiburg, Germany... Attends 'Suwon Garosugil' Naming Ceremony

Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun (right) visited Suwon Garosugil in Freiburg, Germany, on the 8th (local time) and talked with Martin Werner Walter Horn, Mayor of Freiburg.

Lee Jae-jun, the mayor of Suwon, visited 'Suwon Garo Street' in Freiburg, Germany, an international sister city, to strengthen the friendship between the two regions.

On the 8th (local time), Mayor Lee attended the naming ceremony for the 1.5 km road in front of Europa-Park Stadion (SC Freiburg's home stadium) in Freiburg, which was named 'Suwonalle' (Suwon Garo Street). He delivered a congratulatory speech and presented a pyrography artwork depicting the 'Freiburg Promenade' located in Gwanggyo Lake Park to Martin Werner Walter Horn, the mayor of Freiburg, the city announced on the 9th.

The two cities established their sister city relationship in 2015.

Mayor Lee said, "I thank Mayor Martin Horn for creating Suwon Garo Street to commemorate the sister city relationship with Suwon. I imagine walking along the 'Freiburg Promenade' in Suwon together with Mayor Horn."

Mayor Martin Horn explained, "This place, where Europa-Park Stadion and Suwon Garo Street are located, is like the heart of Freiburg. When we built the new Europa-Park Stadion, two roads were created, and to commemorate the sister city relationship with Suwon, one of them was named Suwon Garo Street."

After the naming ceremony, Mayor Lee visited Freiburg City Hall, had a conversation with Mayor Martin Horn, discussed cooperation plans, and then visited the Finance Committee of the Freiburg City Council to introduce Suwon's municipal goals.

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