Russian authorities to help Yekaterinburg hold EXPO 2020 - Putin
SOCHI. March 28 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Russian government will fully support Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region in organizing the international exhibit EXPO 2020.
"If you decide to hold the international exhibit in Yekaterinburg, we will fully support the city and the region in developing the entire infrastructure, in particular, the development of roads, the airport, etc.," he said while meeting with a delegation of the international exhibit committee.
"We will help business," Putin said.
Putin believes "a good place, 500 hectares between the city and the airport" has been chosen in Yekaterinburg. "It's a convenient and vacant place. Exhibition pavilions are already being built there, and some pavilions are already working," he said.
He also pointed out that Yekaterinburg is located between Europe and Asia and "it will be convenient for our colleagues taking part in the exhibit to get there both from Europe and Asia if a decision is made on Yekaterinburg."