Dubai: Expo 2020 Dubai hosted Vicente Loscertales, the secretary-general of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the governing body of World Expos, a statement said on Wednesday.
Loscertales was on an official visit to discuss the approaching submission of the Expo 2020 Dubai Registration Document, an official stage for the certification of Dubai as the host city for the Expo 2020. This is the secretary-general’s first visit this year.
He was welcomed by Reem Ebrahim Al Hashemi, UAE Minister of State, board representative of the Dubai Expo 2020 Higher Committee and director-general of the Bureau Dubai Expo 2020, and Helal Saeed Al Merri, director-general of the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, chief executive of the Dubai World Trade Centre and Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee member.
“Delivering a transformative World Expo requires maintaining a close and collaborative partnership with the BIE and we welcome their institutional guidance and support to confirm Expo 2020 Dubai is on a productive and efficient road to 2020,” Reem said in a statement. “We are confident that our Registration Document, which we will submit during the summer of 2015, will be comprehensive and clearly represent the depth of research, outreach and planning that the team has undertaken and how Dubai will produce an extraordinary World Expo.”
During the visit, the BIE was updated on progress of all key elements relating to the six-month expo.
“We are pleased with the progress the Expo 2020 Dubai team is making and they have our full support and commitment to ensure it is on course to present a global platform, address global challenges, and leverage the convening power of previous and upcoming World Expos, including Expo 2015 Milano which opens on May 1,” Loscertales said.
