His Excellency Mr. Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), affirmed that the State of Qatar's hosting of the International Horticultural Exhibition (Expo 2023 Doha) reflects the confidence of the international community in its ability and its great excellence in hosting international events, an evidence of which its successful organisation of the recently-concluded World Cup, which achieved impressive success, and received international acclaim.
His Excellency underlined that the tremendous success of the State of Qatar in embracing prestigious international functions stems from the good preparation and follow-up of the Qatari leadership to the efforts made towards hosting the events.
His Excellency Mr. Albudaiwi's remarks came during the signing ceremony of the GCC participation agreement in the Expo 2023 Doha, in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Subaie, Minister of Municipality in the State of Qatar.
Commenting further, His Excellency the Secretary congratulated His Highness Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, and the government and people of Qatar for organising the Expo 2023 Doha, stressing that this event comes at a very important time, in which the international community is discussing the best ways to protect the earth's environment, to ensure the sustainability of environmental life and to face the challenges encountering their sustainability.
Moreover, His Excellency said that the General Secretariat, and based on the decision of the esteemed Ministerial Council in its 154th session to approve the participation of the GCC in the Expo 2023 Doha, will establish a pavilion for the GCC under the theme "Towards a Greener Gulf... for a Sustainable Environment", through which it aims to highlight the most important topics of the joint GCC action as well as the Council's countries' mutual plans and strategies in the field of environment and agriculture, in addition to the most important current and future shared projects among the GCC states in this field. Furthermore, His Excellency stressed that the GCC pavilion will serve all the GCC member states.
His Excellency also indicated that the GCC pavilion will present initiatives in the areas of climate change, combating desertification, increasing vegetation cover and food security, in addition to other initiatives aimed at supporting small and medium enterprises and investing in the areas of the exhibition.
His Excellency the Secretary General concluded his statement by expressing his wishes to the State of Qatar for success in hosting the Expo 2023 Doha.
