Riyadh reveals Expo 2030 vision as race to host world’s fair heats up – The National

Riyadh reveals Expo 2030 vision as race to host world’s fair heats up – The National

Saudi Arabia unveiled its bold plans for Expo 2030 as five nations made their pitches to host the global event.

Riyadh hopes to build on the success of Expo 2020 Dubai and bring the world's fair back to the Middle East in a decade's time.

Slick pitches for the international extravaganza were made by the kingdom and fellow competitors Russia, South Korea, Italy and Ukraine to Expo chiefs.

Each country was given about 20 minutes during an online general assembly on Tuesday of the Bureau International des Expositions, the organisation that leads the world’s fair.

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Riyadh will be a perfect manifestation of what the World Expo aims to achieve, bring together the world’s best minds, ideas and solutions

Fahd bin Saleh Al Rasheed, chief executive of the Royal Commission for Riyadh

National leaders highlighted ambitious visions and the rich history of cities they represented from the Italian capital Rome, Russia’s largest city Moscow and the Saudi capital Riyadh to Ukraine’s port city Odessa and South Korea’s coastal city Busan.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his country was committed to working to transform the lives of all people by sharing the story of how it moved from a developing nation to an industrialised one.

“We will help