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CITTA' DI COPERTINO
Provincia di Lecce
73043 COPERTINO (Lecce) — Via Malta, 10
Tel:0832/938311-Fax 0832/933522-C.F.80008830756-P.IVA 02255920759
www.comune.copertino.le.it
Mayor Mr. Orrin Mahoney
City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014-3255
Mr. Rick Kitson
Public Affairs Director
City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014-3255
Dear Mayor, Dear Public Affairs Director,
I am pleased to inform you that the visit to your Sister City Copertino (Italy) by
the Vice Mayor Mr. Gilbert Wong has been a memorable experience for me
and for Copertino's community. The Vice Mayor Mr.Wong is a wonderfuland
and highly professional person.
After so many years, the two Sister Cities have been united by an ideal and
strong embrace. We've done something important for our Sister Cities
connected together by the same name and the same Saint: St. Joseph. We
have started a process of strengthening of friendship and brotherhood.
Thanks to Mr. Wong we have lived a great experience from a personal and a
professional point of view. Our community, our Mayor, the City Council are all
very excited in having revived and strengthened relations with our Sister City
Cupertino Usa in occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Sister Cities.
Personally, the first part of our dream has come true: to take human and
institutional contacts with your community. There are all conditions for going
on, promoting relationship of friendship and brotherhood between Cupertino
(California) and Copertino (Italy). During this experience, we have had the
great opportunity to meet wonderful people like you and Mr. Wong.
In this moment I'm thinking of all the values like freedom, co-operation,
brotherhood that have joined us and have encouraged us to meet. Thanks to
great friendship between our Countries millions of Italians, after leaving Italy
many years ago, could leave in America happily and could be part of the
United States society. They now are still a vital part of the American society
who is always active in both its civil and political life. We can't forget that
thanks to this friendship, Italy has always recognized the United States as its
first brother and we will always be with you in defending democracy,
freedom and other great human values.
Last year, the Usa President Obama reminded the world the great values like
freedom, democracy, the defense of human rights that we Italian and you
American have in common. Today America and Italy are still working hard to
defend these values, by reinforcing our friendship at the same time.
As these two Countries, Cupertino(Usa) and Copertino( Italy), we are sure,
will do the same.
Best regards
Mauro Valentino
Copertino Council member, in charge of maintaining the institutional relations with
Cupertino Usa.
Via Malta, 10 73043
Copertino (Lecce)
Italy