Kazakhstan has advantage to win the right to host EXPO-2017 - BIE Secretary General
16:31, 12 March 2012
ASTANA. March 12. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan has an advantage for holding the exhibition EXPO-2017, since it was first to file an application from the Central Asian region, Secretary General of the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales said during a "roundtable" in Astana.
The Secretary General emphasized that Kazakhstan has a 20-year history of independence and good relations with many countries. In his words, Kazakhstan is seen in the international community as a peaceful country that stands apart from conflicts in the West and East. "I thinks it is important to hold exhibitions in such regions, which are dynamic and play a significant peacekeeping role, the role of integration between different cultures, religions and political systems," V. Loscertales said.