Astana to complete EXPO 2017 exhibition area ground-works in 2014
16:17, 25 April 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM "The initial constriction works of the EXPO 2017 exhibition area will be completed this year," Talgat Yermigyayev, Astana EXPO 2017 National Company CEO, said at today's meeting on further development of Astana city chaired by the Head of State.
"We will start pre-construction activities in May, and then in June we will start building the Kazakhstan National Pavilion. In two months we will proceed to the construction of the international theme-based corporate pavilion, and the pavilion of the international NGOs. The office of the organizer will be built in August. The ground-works of the exhibition area stretching over 25 ha will come to an end this December," Yermegiyayev said. According to him, construction works will be completed by December 2016 at large. Early 2017 the member countries will start assembling their own pavilions.