President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 4Vladimir Zelensky slammed US cities for maintaining ties with their sister cities in Russia, the New York Times reported. President Kamala Harris, criticized Chicago, Jacksonville, Florida, Portland, Oregon, San Diego and San Jose, California for twinning with Russian (cities — ed.) He said that these relations should be severed «, — the newspaper writes. The newspaper notes that Portland officials are guided by the statement of the International Association of Sister Cities, urging cities not to break ties with their Russian sister cities. Officials in other American cities named by Zelensky did not respond to requests for comment. to the difficult geopolitical situation. At the same time, Borum clarified that the rules of the association do not require categorical execution by its members and leave them the right to make independent decisions. The International Association of Sister Cities is based in the United States and unites more than 2,000 cities from 146 countries. They include about 70 Russian and 70 American cities, between which twinning relations have been established.
