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Bilohorodka — Paris: Memorandum Signed with French City at Summit Chaired by Zelenskyy

The path to Europe begins with local communities. At the IV International Summit of Cities and Regions in Kyiv, the Bilohorodka community officially signed a partnership memorandum with the French city of Bures-sur-Yvette — a suburb of Paris in the Île-de-France region. The event was chaired by the President of Ukraine.

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From Meeting to Signing — in Two Days

The day before yesterday, a French delegation led by Mayor Jean-François Vigier visited Bilohorodka. Today, the official partnership is already sealed. Such a pace is a signal in itself: Europe is not just sympathizing, it is taking action.

What the Memorandum Entails

The first and already concrete focus area is children's rehabilitation. This year, children from the Bilohorodka community will be able to travel to the Île-de-France region for recreation and mental recovery. The second area is supporting the recovery of war-affected communities: exchanging experience in sustainable development, territorial resilience, and the preservation of cultural heritage.

“This is not just a formal document. This is about trust, support, and real joint plans for the future. A European future.”

— Anton Ovsiienko, Head of the Bilohorodka Village Council

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Why This Matters Now

While EU membership negotiations for Ukraine continue at the highest level, it is precisely these partnerships between cities that build the actual fabric of integration — from the ground up. Bilohorodka is becoming part of the large European family not in some distant future, but today.

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