Mombasa County Governor Ali Hassan Joho has signed a city friendship agreement between the strong city of Kristiansand, Norway and the strong city of Mombasa, in Melbourne Australia.
Joho and Mayor Jorgen Christensen on Thursday morning agreed to foster close partnerships in youth-related exchange programmes and tourism.
As members of the strong cities Global network, the Mombasa governor said the friendship agreement is one way of building closer city ties and engagements amongst members.
The agreement comes after governor Joho led Mombasa County to the 4th Annual Global Summit (2018) of the Strong Cities Global Network, in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday.
The Strong Cities Network brings together Cities from across the World to share experiences and successes in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE).
In March this year, Mombasa County launched an all-inclusive County P/CVE that brings together all stakeholders and actors in matters CVE.
"There were Cities before there were Countries and Cities are Stronger together," said Joho.
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