Dubai ruler urges timely delivery of Expo 2020 infrastructure
Xinhua, September 27, 2016 Adjust font size:
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum urged Monday a timely delivery of all associated facilities of Dubai's Expo 2020, reported the Emirati state news agency WAM.
Al-Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai, said that timely delivery of infrastructure and associated facilities of Dubai's Expo 2020 will give organizers ample time to put the final arrangements in place before the arrival of exhibitors from over 180 countries, WAM quoted the Emir as saying.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai's Expo 2020 Higher Committee and President of the Department of Civil Aviation, accompanied the 10th ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed, during a tour of the Expo 2020 site, along with other members of the Expo 2020 committee.
During a meeting with the committee, Sheikh Mohammed urged them to remain patient, positive and optimistic every morning in order to succeed in their mission.
The six-month 2020 Expo event will take place from April to October 2016, beside Dubai's new international airport, Al Maktoum International Airport in the southwest of the emirate.
It will be the first global Expo hosted by an Arab country.
The ruler of Dubai added that he expects the event to outperform other events with respect to organization, reception, hospitality, promotion and marketing in the UAE, regionally and worldwide.
The emirate of Dubai expects up to 25 million visitors in 2020, or double the number of 14.2 million who visited the Gulf city in 2015. Endit