The meetings started in Dusseldorf -the biggest city of North Rhyne-Westphalia districts -that contributes 20% of the GDP of Germany . "I have given a proposal to the FM of the province to consider North Rhyne as sister state West Bengal. Following the meeting, Chatterjee said there is a lot of interest abo ut Kolkata as far as Dusseldorf is concerned. "Dusseldorf does not have any twin city in India. A twin city proposal may be signed later," he added.Incidentally, Kunming, the main city of the Yunnan province in China, has a twin city arrangement with Kolkata.

Source: Economic Times September 06, 2016 07:03 UTC