Saudi Arabia announces Riyadh’s bid for World Expo 2030 | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Saudi Arabia announces Riyadh’s bid for World Expo 2030 | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Saudi Arabia announced the capital city of Riyadh’s intention to bid for hosting the World Expo 2030 to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), World Expo’s organizing body. In a letter to the BIE, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, said: “We live in an era of change, and we face an unprecedented need for humanity’s collective action.” “It is clear that the whole world, as a collective, needs to work together to foresee the future and address, with its brightest minds, the challenges and opportunities that emanate from this change.” HRH Crown Prince highlighted that “the 2030 World Expo in Riyadh will coincide with the culmination of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.” The Saudi Vision 2030 is a strategic framework to reduce Saudi Arabia's dependence on oil, diversify its economy, and develop public service sectors such as health, education, infrastructure, recreation, and tourism and was launched by HRH Crown Prince in 2016, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reports. HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stressed that “this vision represents the Kingdom’s ambitions for the future; a vision that aims