DUBAI // The UK prime minister has confirmed her country’s participation in Expo 2020 Dubai during a meeting with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid.
The Vice President and Ruler of Dubai met Theresa May on the sidelines of the annual GCC meeting in Manama, Bahrain.
“I can confirm that the UK will take part in Dubai’s Expo 2020 continuing the tradition started in Britain with The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in Hyde Park in 1851,” Mrs May said on Wednesday.
“Dubai 2020 will offer an enormous commercial opportunity. There will be over 180 nations taking part with more than 25 million visitors expected – from the world’s top business leaders to its biggest investors.
“It is an opportunity which I am determined we should seize together.”
Philip Parham, British ambassador to the UAE, said: “I am confident that the Expo in Dubai – which will be the first in this region – will leave an enduring legacy, and that the UK’s participation will be an important part of that.”
The UK is the seventh country to announce its participation in association with Expo 2020 Dubai.
Opening on October 20, 2020, Expo 2020 aims to bring together 25 million visitors and 200 countries, companies and non-governmental organisations to celebrate human ingenuity.
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