Expo 2020 Dubai: Participants 'excited' about UAE's readiness to host event

Dubai - Bilateral meetings include briefing with Dimitri S. Kerkentzes, Secretary-General of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE).

Countries taking part in the Dubai Expo 2020 have expressed “excitement” about the UAE’s readiness to host the mega event.

This came as Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Commissioner-General of Expo 2020 Dubai, hosted bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Expo 2020 International Participants Meeting (IPM).

He reaffirmed the global mega event as an “unparalleled platform for international cooperation”.

The meetings included a briefing with Dimitri S. Kerkentzes, Secretary-General of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). More talks are slated over the coming days.

The IPM gathered more than 370 delegates from 173 countries to discuss the final preparations for what will be the first event of this scale to take place since the beginning of the pandemic. Delegates were updated on operations and security, as well as the robust Covid-19 measures that have been implemented to safeguard the well-being of the Expo workforce, participants and visitors.

In a welcome speech to IPM delegates, Sheikh Nahyan said, "Expo 2020 Dubai is about all of us coming together to create something better for future generations – to do our part in reshaping and redesigning our future, to bring people from all backgrounds and all corners of the Earth together for unique shared experiences that will help people know one another, talk to one another and to live with one another in peace and prosperity.