"The UAE is the meeting place of the world and the land of communication, where dreams come true," said Reem Bint Ibrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of State for International Cooperation Affairs, Director General of the Expo 2020 Dubai office.

Hashemi added, in a video message published by the official account of "Expo 2020 Dubai", on the blogging site "Twitter": "You may still remember that moment when our country won the hosting of the World Expo for 2020 ... since that day, and through a march full of moments." Happy and challenges, and you share us in every step and every moment, including: the engineer who gave life to our site, the student who believed in our message and embodied its volunteer content, which came without hesitation to participate in our journey ».

Al-Hashemi continued: “You have communicated with individuals, societies and countries from all over the world .. believe in our march and share our story .. As we continued our work towards October 2020, our world began to suffer from a crisis the world has never seen before, a difficult ordeal affected by societies everywhere, therefore, "Our path must take a different turn. We must change the opening date of (Expo 2020 Dubai)."

She concluded by saying: «But now, let us stand with our friends around the world, let us communicate and converge more, and work together to be stronger today than ever before, when we communicate and work together, and we are all one, then what can be achieved together is boundless, and we promised you and we will fulfill , (Brains continue and make the future) ».