On February 13, 2012, Mayor of Turin had a conversation with Governor of St.Petersburg at Smolny. At the meeting, the possibility of establishing formal relations between the cities was discussed.
G.S.Poltavchenko and P.Fassino noted the similarity of the cities in the priority areas of socio-economic development. An important stage of bilateral cooperation could be a positive solution of automobile concern “FIAT”, whose home is Turin, to open its own production in St.Petersburg.
During his visit to St.Petersburg, Mayor of Turin also held a meeting with the leadership of the State Hermitage. An agreement was signed on organizing the exhibition exchanges concerning the Hermitage collection and the collections of museums of Turin.
News Source: St.Petersburg Committee for External Relations
On February 13, 2012, Mayor of Turin had a conversation with Governor of St.Petersburg at Smolny. At the meeting, the possibility of establishing formal relations between the cities was discussed.