[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12896]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              IN HONOR OF THE CITY OF LANKARAN, AZERBAIJAN

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 5, 2011

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome the city of Lankaran, 
Azerbaijan as a new sister city to a city in my district, Monterey, 
California.
  Lankaran joins six other cities that have sister-city arrangements 
with Monterey. The other cities are: Tainan City, Taiwan; Nanao, Japan; 
Dubrovnik, Croatia; Trapani, Italy; Kusadasi, Turkey; and Lerida, 
Spain.
  Lankaran, located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea offers 
great potential for a thriving tourism industry for Azerbaijan. As a 
tourist mecca of its own Monterey can offer a great example of best 
practices in tourism of Lankaran.
  I hope this new relationship will foster good will and friendship 
between two wonderful cities and two countries allied in peace.

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