Council could start allocating funds to twinning strategy after Brexit

By Fiona Callingham
Published 27th Jan 2020, 15:36 BST
Updated 28th Jan 2020, 13:02 BST
Vice chair of Zhuhai, Zhu Qingqiao, pictured with the leader of Portsmouth City Council, Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, and the Portsmouth delegation during a trade mission to China last year.Vice chair of Zhuhai, Zhu Qingqiao, pictured with the leader of Portsmouth City Council, Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, and the Portsmouth delegation during a trade mission to China last year.
Vice chair of Zhuhai, Zhu Qingqiao, pictured with the leader of Portsmouth City Council, Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, and the Portsmouth delegation during a trade mission to China last year.
MORE council cash to secure 'important' twinning links with other countries could be allocated as Portsmouth looks to expand its horizons after Brexit.

City councillors discussed the potential to earmark money for its growing twinning strategy rather than finding funds on an ‘ad hoc basis’.

Portsmouth already has various cultural and economic links with locations around the world including Caen in France, Duisburg in Germany, Zhuhai in China and Sydney in Australia.

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And more recently the council has linked with Sylhet in Bangladesh and made plans to create further trade and educational links with China.

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Speaking at a resources meeting todayMON27 former city Lord Mayor and head of the Portsmouth Pensioners Association, Alan Burnett, praised the idea of expanding the twinning scheme.