Kuwait Times, Sunday, Oct 3, 2021 | Safar 26, 1443
Innovation, development at Kuwait’s Expo 2020 pavilion
Kuwait:
Representative of HH the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled
Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth
Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, said on Friday that Kuwait’s pavilion at the
Dubai Expo 2020 aims at showing the country’s strategic development projects and
humanitarian efforts across the globe.
Kuwait’s outstanding participation in the largest exhibition in the world is
also meant to enhance its regional and international status and attract foreign
investors, the minister told reporters after inaugurating Kuwait’s pavilion at
the Expo. The slogan “New Kuwait … a new opportunity for sustainability” was
chosen for Kuwait’s pavilion because it will shed light on the country’s
endeavors to achieve sustainability and development. The pavilion offers several
innovative ideas and showcases Kuwait’s history, added Mutairi.
Kuwait Times Deputy Editor-in-Chief Abdullah Boftain said Kuwait’s participation
in Dubai Expo 2020, which is the largest gathering to exchange cultures and
display the latest in science, ideas and modern achievements, is considered an
added value and a bright chapter in Kuwait’s present and future record. Boftain
said Kuwait’s pavilion in the Expo is the fruit of efforts and cooperation
between an elite group of innovators who worked on the pavilion’s details to
make it emerge magnificently before the world.
He said Dubai Expo 2020 is a fantastic idea for Kuwaiti creative youth to be
present at the largest exposition in various fields, be they political, economic
and cultural, and learn about the latest developments in the world.
Editor-in-Chief of Kuwaitiya newspaper Dr Zuhair Al-Abbad said Kuwait’s
participation in this global event is a clear message that it is moving
progressively towards a bright future. He said the pavilion attracted visitors
and Arab and foreign media interest with its creative design and content.
Thousands of people toured Dubai’s Expo 2020 on the opening day on Friday, as
the COVID-delayed world fair finally opened its doors one year late. Visitors
strolled or rode electric bikes around the huge showground, which has been built
from scratch at a cost of about $7 billion on Dubai’s desert outskirts.
“It is really a source of pride that Dubai is hosting an Expo, which means a
global event,” said Aysha Hussein, a 20-year-old student and Emirati citizen.
“We are all excited about the event,” she added, as robot information systems
buzzed down the shaded boulevards and formation jets plumed colored smoke
overhead. Dubai is hoping to attract millions of visitors in a boost to its
profile and standing during the six-month fair.