Watch: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman visits Dubai Expo 2020 site

Saudi Arabia’s visiting Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz was taken on a tour of the Dubai Expo 2020 site by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council on Thursday.

Sheikh Hamdan said that Prince Mohammed’s visit to the Expo 2020 site exemplifies Saudi Arabia’s keen interest in supporting this major global event. The kingdom is participating with a large-scale pavilion, the expo’s second largest pavilion after the UAE.

On the first leg of their tour, Sheikh Hamdan and Prince Mohammed viewed the expo’s prototype.

Shaikh Hamdan and Prince Mohammad stopped at Al Wasl Plaza, one of expo’s main landmarks, and then visited the UAE pavilion, which is designed in the shape of a falcon in flight, forming a major attraction at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Shaikh Hamdan and Prince Mohammad visited the Saudi pavilion, designed to highlight the kingdom’s message to the world and its openness for a better future for all. They watched a short video showing the stages of construction of the Saudi pavilion that is set to be an attraction at the grand global event, which is projected to attract more than 25 million visitors from all over the world.

At the end of the visit, Shaikh Hamdan and Prince Mohammad took commemorative pictures of the Expo site.

The Expo is being held for the first time in the Middle East in the events 168-year history.

The Expo will take place from October 20, 2020, to April 10, 2021, with the participation of 195 countries.