Crown Prince Reviews with Bureau International des Expositions Saudi Bid to Host Expo 2030

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, holds talks with Chairperson of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) Patrick Specht and an accompanying delegation in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, holds talks with Chairperson of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) Patrick Specht and an accompanying delegation in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
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Crown Prince Reviews with Bureau International des Expositions Saudi Bid to Host Expo 2030

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, holds talks with Chairperson of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) Patrick Specht and an accompanying delegation in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, holds talks with Chairperson of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) Patrick Specht and an accompanying delegation in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received in Riyadh on Monday Chairperson of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) Patrick Specht and an accompanying delegation.

Discussions focused on Saudi Arabia’s bid to host Expo 2030.

BIE Enquiry Mission had arrived in the Saudi capital on Sunday on a five-day visit to tackle and assess the Saudi bid.

It is scheduled to meet with several ministers and experts to discuss the various technical aspects of the bid that was submitted in September 2022.

On Monday, it met with Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan to assess the file.

Members of the delegation also visited the Saudi National Museum and experienced the richness, depth and diversity of Saudi Arabia’s cultural heritage.

The final candidates to host Expo 2030 will be officially announced in May ahead of a final vote on a host in November.

Saudi Arabia made its bid under the slogan “Together for a Foresighted Tomorrow”, inviting the world to share how to imagine a different future and what actions taken today will shape a prosperous and sustainable tomorrow.



GCC Strongly Condemns Israel for Striking UNRWA School in Gaza

Palestinians look on the damage after the Israeli air strike hit UNRWA's Al-Jaouni School housing displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, 06 July 2024. (EPA)
Palestinians look on the damage after the Israeli air strike hit UNRWA's Al-Jaouni School housing displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, 06 July 2024. (EPA)
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GCC Strongly Condemns Israel for Striking UNRWA School in Gaza

Palestinians look on the damage after the Israeli air strike hit UNRWA's Al-Jaouni School housing displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, 06 July 2024. (EPA)
Palestinians look on the damage after the Israeli air strike hit UNRWA's Al-Jaouni School housing displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, 06 July 2024. (EPA)

Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi strongly condemned on Saturday Israel for striking the Al-Jaouni school of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Nuseirat camp in Gaza.

In a statement, Albudaiwi stressed that the brutal and ongoing attacks by the Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians in Gaza and other Palestinian territories, and their direct targeting of refugee camps, “are a flagrant violation of international laws and humanitarian treaties.”

He described these acts as “war crimes that reflect Israel’s criminal behavior, in complete disregard of legal, moral, and humanitarian values.”

Albudaiwi called on the international community, including all states and organizations, “to take immediate and serious action to implement a ceasefire, stop the dangerous Israeli military operations, and hold those responsible for these violations accountable.”

He also underlined the “firm position of the GCC states in supporting the just Palestinian cause and making all efforts to protect the Palestinian people from the brutality and criminal behavior of the Israeli forces.”