MOSCOW, Jan 20 Moscow is ready to host EXPO-2030, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.» I wanted to thank you for your trust, Vladimir Vladimirovich, that you supported our application for EXPO-2030. It is not an easy decision, because our country, of course, has been participating in this exhibition movement for a long time, but … We have never won applications. The competition is very strong, and the Saudis, and South Korea showed up, Italy with Rome, even Ukraine. But we will fight. We have experience in preparing for the Olympics, and for the World Cup, which took place, including in Moscow. The reviews are the best. Moscow's infrastructure is ready. We have determined with colleagues the approximate location of the future Expo. It is located near Vnukovo,» Sobyanin said. He noted that the territory for the exhibition was chosen outside the city. «We did not do this inside the city. There are no other territories. Secondly, when holding such exhibition events, there is always tension for residents. We made it as close as possible to Vnukovo. The metro is coming to Vnukovo, so we will also have the city metro, and the MCD, and Kievka (Kiev highway). The airport is nearby. That is, the approach of infrastructure will be the most comfortable story,» Sobyanin emphasized. The Mayor of Moscow noted that such an event would create an additional powerful cluster of jobs for the development of the entire territory.
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