Far East 2025
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed Arathi Krishna, member of the Legislative Council of the State of Karnataka and Hemegowda Mafhu, President of the Italian Kanada Association, to the City Hall for an official meeting.
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the twinning between Torino and Nagoya, Mayor Lo Russo welcomed a delegation from Nagoya led by Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa and City Council President Hisashi Nishikawa to the CityHall.
The Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro and the Chairwoman of the City Council Maria Grazia Grippo met with Consul General Kobayashi Toshiaki of Japan in Milan at the City Hall, recalling that 2026 will be dedicated to the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed Choi Taeho, Consul General of the Republic of Korea, to the City Hall, on the occasion of the inauguration of the King Sejong Institute for the dissemination of the Korean language and culture worldwide. Carlotta Salerno, Deputy Mayor for Education and Youth Policies attended the official opening of the institute.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro met with a technical delegation from the Indian company Neev Bioroots Sustainable Fuels Pvt., which is committed to transforming non-recyclable plastic waste into clean energy.
The City of Torino welcomed a technical delegation from the South Korean city of Samcheok interested in an exchange of good practices on energy policy issues.
A delegation led by the LYU Zhicheng, Mayor of Shenyang, was welcomed at the City Hall by the Vice Mayor Michela Favaro on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the twinning between the City of Torino and the capital of Liaoning Province. The meeting was attended by the Consul General of the People's Republic of China, LIU Kan, and representatives of Chinese diaspora associations in Torino.
A delegation from the City of Wenzhou, led by Mayors Zhang Wenjie and Yang Deting, attended an institutional meeting at the Metropolitan City, where they met with Mayor Stefano Lo Russo and several Mayors from the Torino metropolitan area, who have established relations with the Wenzhou diaspora.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed the Indian Ambassador to Italy, Vani Rao, accompanied by the Indian Consul General in Milan, Lavanya Kumar, and the Consul for Community Affairs, Atul Chauhan. The meeting focused on industry and higher university education.
As part of the Cooperation Pact between the cities, a delegation of students from Chonnam University in Gwangju held a concert at the archaeological site of the Roman Theatre of the Royal Museums, as part of the summer programme of the 'Torino crocevia di sonorità' (Torino, crossroads of sounds) festival, which is organised by the Conservatorio di Torino.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro received a delegation from the Japanese city of Kitakyushu, led by Mayor Kazuhisa Takeuchi, at the City Hall.
Mayor Lo Russo welcomed Nuriddin Kushnazarov, Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Italy, along with Olimjon A. Tuychiev, Rector of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, and representatives of UzAuto Motors — the Uzbek government's car manufacturing company — who were visiting Torino with the aim of establishing economic and industrial partnerships with local businesses.
Tokuko Nabeshima, the Deputy Consul General of Japan in Milan, visited the City of Torino to discuss the city's participation in the Osaka-Kansai Expo and its twinning relationship with Nagoya.
The Deputy Mayor for Culture, Rosanna Purchia, welcomed an Armenian delegation led by the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Armenia in Milan, Pietro Kuciukian, accompanied by the President of the Union of Armenians of Italy, Baykar Sivazliyan, to the City Hall.
A delegation from Nagoya led by Vice Mayor Hideo Nakata was welcomed by Vice Mayor Favaro to discuss relations between the two cities and the celebrations to be organised to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning in 2025.