PROTOCOL COMMiTMENT FOR FRATERNIZATION BETWEEN LARISSA - KNOXVILLE We, the Mayors ( CHRISTODOULOS KAFFES of LARISSA - GREECE & VICTOR ASHE of KNOXVILLE- TENNESSEE U.S.A, Freely elected by the popular will of our fellow - citizens, convinced that we respond to the deep expectations and to the realneeds ofour Peoples, knowing that our cities are the cradle of civilization and that the spirit of liberty was firstly expressedby the privilegeof freedom and friendship, considering that the course of history must be continued in an enlarged world, but this world will be really human only in the circumstances that the people will live freely, in free cities, today, WE UNDERTAKE officially the obligation to develop permanent relations between the Municipalities of our cities, to forward exchanges of our citizens in all sections so that within a better, mutual understanding to have the living spirit of Fraternization strengthened to continue our endeavours if we are to contribute, to the best of our ability, to the success of this significant attempt for friendship and co-operation, for the peace, progress and prosperity between the people of Larissa and Knoxville - Tennessee. Established In the city oflarissa on the 24th ofseptember, 1996 THE MAmfTOF LARl THE MAYOR OF KNOXViLLE CHRISTOWULOS KAFFES OR A
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n POTOKOAAO Aso^JSUorjQ y/a assa^noirjon Aapioag - KNOXVILLE EiJeig, ot AntJapxoi XPIITOAOYAOI KA0(PEI Aapioag - EAAaSag koi VICTOR ASHE KNOXVILLE - TENNESSEE HvUjJSVLJV noaitsiuvafjspikng, EAsOeepa ekaey^jsvoi yernv truiinyopia tuvouynoanuv yog, ntntioysvoi oti avtonokpivoyaou orig ^aemg npoodokisg koi rig npayijariksg avaykeg tuvaouv yog, yvljpi^ovtog dti oi noasig ijog sivai to A'ikvo tou noamoijou koi oti to nvsuija Tng casuespiog ekippaotmt nputlotcjg /ye to npovofjoia Tng sasuoepiag koi Tng (piaiag, OeupuvTog oti n nopeia Tng lotopiag npsnsi va ouvsxiotsi (f sva Sieupuijevo Koofjo, axxa oti okoo^jog autog easivai npayyotiko avqpumvog ijovo OTO ystpo nou oi avopionoi ea ^ouv sasoespa, oz eacoespsg noaeig, amaaambanoyme oh^jzpa snionija Tqv unoxpeojon va avantu^ou^js yovi^jsg oxsosig ijcta^u TuvAnyuv tuvnoasuv fjag, vanpouenoouijs oe oaoug Toug TOfjeig avtoaaayeg fjeto^u tuv kotoikuv Toug uotc, ijeoa and ijia KoAuTepn, ofjoi^aia KaTavonon va sdpaiueei to Zuvtovo nveuija Tng a5ea(ponoinong, va ouvexioouijs Tig npoonaesieg ijag npoksiijsvou va ouijpaaaouijs, oto ijstpo oauv tuv duvototntuv yog, OTnv enituxio tou onpiovtikou autou syxeiphljotog yia tii <piaiui\ui ouvepyaoia, Tnv sipnvn, Tnv npo65o koi Tnv eunijspia tou Aaou Tng Aapioag Kai tou No^^iAA - Tevveoon- Eyivs ornv noan rng Aapioag ltig24 Zemeydpiou 1996 OAHMApfo^^(APi^I OAHMAPXOIKNOXVILLE
A PROCLAMATION To Publicly Recognfze The Establishment of an Official Sister City Relationship Between the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA and the City of Larissa, Greece WHEREAS; the Sister City relationship is designed to foster greater friendship and understanding between the people of various nations and their cities; and the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, of the United States of Anrierica, and the City of Larissa of the Country of Greece, share many sinnilarities in terms of size, geography, population, and the friendliness and expectations of their citizens; and the Mayors of Knoxville and Larissa have previously signed a protocol agreement, on September 24, 1996, in Larissa in which the two cities agreed to develop permanent relations designed to further the friendship and cooperation between the two cities and their citizens; and Knoxville and Larissa now desire to enter into an official Sister City relationship to further promote mutual understanding and to contribute to the constant development of relations and friendships; and on the foundation of this friendship, the City of Knoxville and Larissa shall encourage friendly contact between citizens of both countries through the sister city program in order to understand the cultures, traditions and aims of both cities and to support the endeavor for international understanding, peace and friendship for a united world. NOW, THEREFORE, WE, VICTOR ASHE, Mayor of the City of Knoxville and CHRISTODOULOS KAFFES, Mayor of the City of Larissa do hereby Proclaim the establishment of an official Sister City relationship between our two cities. This 15th day of April, 1997, in Knoxville, Tennessee: VICTOR ASHE Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA CHRISTODOULOS KAFFES Mayor of Larissa, Greece
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