本周二加拿大外交部部长John Baird和国际贸易部部长Ed Fast宣布，加拿大将支持迪拜申办2020年世博会，这也是中东首次举办世博会。Baird 说“加拿大相信中东举办世博会正逢时机，该地区是希望和挑战并存的时候。迪拜是让世界各国人民聚在一起，交流想法愿望和解决未来方案...
国际贸易部部长Fast说“在短短的40年里，阿联酋获得巨大的收获。阿联酋已经建成为一个繁荣，开放和安全的社会，众多创新的加拿大企业渴望与这个有战略性的市场建立贸易和投资关系。通过支持2020年迪拜世博会，我们向阿联酋的伙伴们证明加拿大决心将两国的关系推向一个新的高度，这将给两国的人民创造新的机遇。”
阿联酋经济部部长Sultan Al Mansouri说：“近年来我们不断加强与加拿大的双边关系。加拿大人民对迪拜申办世博会的支持也是两国关系积极发展的最好的证明。我相信2020年世博会的游客将会发现迪拜和阿联酋开放与宽容的文化，是一个能汇聚思想创造未来的地方。
在周二的会议上，加拿大大使Arif Lalani向阿联酋国务大臣Al Hashemi和举办2020年世博会高级委员会董事传达了加拿大对阿联酋申办世博会的支持。
加拿大大使Arif Lalani说“对迪拜来说这是对的城市，对的时间！”加拿大支持迪拜是基于迪拜的建议，以及其“连接思想，创造未来”的主题。迪拜是其中一个强有力的候选人。其他竞争城市有：叶卡捷琳堡（俄罗斯），伊兹密尔（土耳其）和圣保罗（巴西）。二十一世纪，基于思想，多样性和知识经济基础上的世界博览会，应该在最能连接各个城市的地方举行。” 在阿联酋有100多家加拿大公司，约有40000名加拿大人在这里生活工作，在这里对经济的发展做贡献。
Canada will support Dubai’s bid for World Expo2020 — which would be the first expo ever to be held in the Middle East, and in the Arab world, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Minister of International Trade Ed Fast announced on Tuesday. “Canada believes it is time for the Middle East to host the World (Expo) at a time of such hope and challenge in the region, and Dubai is best placed to bring together the most diverse group of peoples from around the world, to share ideas, aspirations and concrete solutions for the future,” said Baird. “Canada’s support for Dubai reflects our commitment to the dynamism, hope and future of emerging economies in the region and beyond.”
In the short span of just 40 years, the United Arab Emirates has made tremendous gains, noted Minister Fast. “The United Arab Emirates has built a prosperous, open and secure society in roughly one generation and world-class and innovative Canadian businesses are eager to build stronger trade and investment ties with this strategic, priority market,” said Minister Fast. “By supporting Dubai Expo 2020, we’re showing our UAE partners that Canada is committed to taking our relationship to new heights which will create new opportunities for people in both countries.”
UAE Minister of Economy Sultan Al Mansouri said: “Our bilateral relations with Canada have gone from strength to strength in recent years and the Canadian endorsement of Dubai’s Expo bid is the most recent evidence of this very positive trajectory. I am confident that visitors of the Expo 2020 would find Dubai and the UAE to be a place that embodies a culture of openness and tolerance — a place that is connecting minds and creating the future.”
Notification of Canada’s support was conveyed in a meeting on Tuesday between Arif Lalani, Canada’s Ambassador to the UAE, and Reem Al Hashemi, UAE Minister of State and Managing Director of the Higher Committee for Hosting the World Expo 2020.
“Dubai is the right city at the right time! By supporting its Expo bid, Canada stands with the UAE and its bold aspirational vision for the future — a world built on big ideas and big collaboration,” noted Ambassador Lalani.
Canada’s support for Dubai is based on the strength of Dubai’s proposals and on its theme of “connecting minds, creating the future”. Dubai is amongst a strong list of candidates — Ekaterinburg (Russia), Izmir (Turkey) and Sao Paulo (Brazil). It is fitting that as the 21st century unfolds, a world exposition based on ideas, diversity and the knowledge economy, should be held at one of the most connected cities in the world.
The UAE is also home to over 100 major Canadian companies, and approximately 40,000 Canadians live and work here, contributing to its economic development.
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