Michael John Wyn Roberts, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland visited Košice on Friday. The ambassador was received by Mayor of the City of Košice, František Knapík.
His Excellency Michael J. W. Roberts expressed great support for the project "Košice Interface 2013" through which the City of Košice has won the title European Capital of Culture 2013. „I will do my best to help this project to be sufficiently successful," Roberts said at the meeting. The Mayor of Košice received diplomatic support on the international level with pleasure: „I appreciate such support, it is encouragement for all of us to go further, and fulfil the project as best as we can."
Ambassador Roberts informed that he had initiated contacts between Slovak and British schools as well as he had sought to convey contacts between universities and orchestras. At the same time he has invited the Mayor of Košice to Great Britain to visit Liverpool, the city which was European Capital of Culture in 2008. As he stated, the value of the project remains, Liverpool has changed dramatically, „you can see, feel and hear it". He wished to achieve the same effect to the inhabitants of Košice.
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