Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 23. The Government of the Russian Federation informed the International Exhibition Bureau of the withdrawal of Moscow's candidacy for the right to host EXPO-2030, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in a letter to the organization's general director said that the international exhibition movement was another victim of the desire to politicized line in an anti-Russian vein, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers said on Monday. «Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin sent a letter to Dmitry Kerkentzes, Director General of the International Exhibitions Bureau, announcing the decision to withdraw Moscow's candidacy for the right to host the EXPO 2030 exhibition,» it says. in the message.
Poland demanded that Russia be excluded from the number of applicants for Expo 2030″The letter reportedly gave the reasons for this decision. «We regret to state that the international exhibition movement has become another victim of the the desire of a number of countries to pursue a politicized line in an anti-Russian vein. Given the recent decisions of the International Exhibition Bureau, there is no need to talk about a fair competitive campaign for the choice of the venue for the World Universal Exhibition EXPO-2030. By voluntarily making this difficult decision, the Russian Federation hopes that in the foreseeable future the global exhibition movement will return to its historical roots, when it was engaged in non-political and purely applied activities in the interests of economic development and the strengthening of international trade and economic cooperation. press service of the government of the Russian Federation.
