‘The Sister City relationship with City of Denpasar aims to enhance cross-cultural understanding’: Denpasar to become Darwin’s newest sister city

A new sister city will soon join City of Darwin’s family, with council to sign a Letter of Intent with Denpasar, Indonesia.

A NEW sister city will soon join City of Darwin’s family, with council to sign a Letter of Intent with Denpasar, Indonesia in the coming weeks.

It will take up to two years to become a formal agreement.

Council already has six sister cities which share historic, social, cultural and geographical similarities to Darwin.

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“Through the educational, cultural, professional, economic and humanitarian exchange, the Sister City relationship with City of Denpasar aims to enhance cross-cultural understanding,” Mr Vatskalis said.

“It makes a lot of sense for the City of Denpasar to become a Sister City with Council. Darwin is a close neighbour to Bali, where a lot of our local community visit often for cultural and recreational purposes. We have direct flights to and from Denpasar from Darwin airport and we receive many visitors.

“Signing a letter of intent is a great start towards establishing a Sister City relationship with the City of Denpasar.”

City of Denpasar Mayor I.G.N. Jayanegara Se was also thrilled.

“I am very pleased that City of Darwin has agreed to become a Sister City with City of Denpasar. I hope that this relationship will bring benefits to both cities,” he said.

“Hopefully, this cooperative relationship will accelerate the economic recovery of the two cities.”

Current City of Darwin sister cities include Ambon (Indonesia), Anchorage (USA), Dili (Timor Leste), Haikou (China), Kalymnos (Greece), Milikapiti (Northern Territory). Kalymnos was Council’s first Sister City, signed in April 1982.

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