Mohammed bin Rashid visits Expo 2020 Dubai and inspects the Vision Pavilion and the Seychelles and Montenegro pavilions

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, stressed that preserving natural resources, rationalizing their consumption and developing them are among the most important challenges facing humanity in the modern era, which are closely related to the survival of the human race, with what this requires. From concerted international efforts to find frameworks, techniques and innovative solutions to ensure the achievement of the principle of sustainability as a basis for ensuring prosperity and stability for future generations.

His Highness pointed out that the UAE realized this fact from an early age thanks to the good vision of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may he rest in peace, as it worked to mobilize the necessary ingredients to achieve the desired positive balance between preserving resources and implementing major projects in various sectors, to advance A unique model of sustainable development that has maintained its success over the past fifty years, a path that the UAE intends to pursue vigorously during the next fifty years.

This came during the visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to the headquarters of Expo 2020 Dubai, during which His Highness inspected A number of pavilions in the sustainability area included the pavilions of the Republics of Seychelles and Montenegro.

At the beginning of the visit, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited the "Vision" pavilion, which was inspired by His Highness' book "My Story... 50 Stories in Fifty Years", which was allocated by Expo 2020 Dubai, to introduce visitors to important features in the owner's career His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and aspects of his vision and personality, through a group of exhibits that take the visitor on a journey between the past and the present while embodying His Highness' distinguished vision for the future.

The pavilion displays the enlightened thought of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, through which he was able to build one of the most dynamic and successful cities in the world. 2020 Dubai brings together 192 countries for the first time in the 170-year history of Expo.

In the “Vision” pavilion, visitors are introduced to, through a multi-sensory experience, His Highness’ childhood and the values ​​and noble Arab morals that he was brought up on by his father, the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, and his grandfather, Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, may God rest their souls. As well as the experiences that affected his exceptional vision of Dubai and made it a unique model for development.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum listened to an explanation about the design of the pavilion, which came to reflect His Highness's passion for nature and the challenging desert environment. One of the most important tourism projects in the region and the world.

Nature's treasures.

Then His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited the pavilion of the friendly Republic of Seychelles, where His Highness was briefed on the objectives of the pavilion, which seeks to introduce the efforts undertaken by local and international institutions there to protect the natural treasures of Seychelles, and to promote the idea of ​​environmental preservation and the preservation of natural factors most at risk from pollutants. Caused by human activities and civilized progress, which brought with it many environmental challenges.

During his visit to the Seychelles Pavilion, which focuses largely on the issue of environmental protection, His Highness watched a piece of art made of recycled materials intended to alert one of the most serious challenges facing wildlife around the world, namely the plastic pollutants of the seas and oceans, which is a growing phenomenon. With the increase in the use of plastic and the lack of awareness of the danger of dumping its pollutants in the seas and rivers, the focus came to this issue due to the connection of the Seychelles with the sea, as it consists of 115 islands located in the heart of the Indian Ocean and more than 50% of them are considered nature reserves.

His Highness toured the pavilion, which displays the many attractions that Seychelles enjoys, as the pavilion was keen to highlight its beautiful nature and ancient heritage, with the aim of promoting awareness of the importance of preserving these components, and stimulating international efforts to conserve natural resources, by promoting the idea of ​​preserving natural resources. The natural treasures of visitors to the pavilion, as well as the promotion of "blue economy" initiatives and many other projects through which the Seychelles seeks to ensure its present and future.

The Republic of Montenegro

The visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum included a visit to the pavilion of the friendly Republic of Montenegro, which is located in the sustainability area, where His Highness saw the components of the state pavilion overlooking the Adriatic Sea, which proceeded to highlight the captivating natural features that it enjoys from a horizon characterized by chains of Towering mountains, green plains and traditional buildings dating back to different historical periods.

The pavilion focuses on introducing the most important components of the natural environment of the Republic of Montenegro by focusing on five basic elements: the sea, mountains, rivers, lakes and environmental diversity, while the pavilion also celebrates the history of Montenegro as well as the ancient customs and traditions inherited by generations there.

At the conclusion of the visit, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum expressed his appreciation for the global consensus he saw on the need to address environmental problems that pose a danger that calls for the concerted efforts of countries and peoples of the world to confront it, given their direct impact on its consequences, in order to preserve a healthy environment that guarantees the continuation of life. The human being on the planet is typically problem-free.

- Vision Pavilion..a story of distinction

The journey begins in the Vision Pavilion from a door that resembles the door of His Highness’s grandfather’s house in Shindagha. Upon reaching the first exhibition, the place of discovery and learning, visitors learn about His Highness’s early rise, and the walls turn into a large photo album where a cinematic experience is shown. It tells the story of the challenges that His Highness faced in the desert as a child.

A foyer follows, reimagining His Highness' private childhood room, from notebooks with reimagined drawings, as well as objects that His Highness collected and studied as a child such as shells and toys.

The second exhibition hall in the Vision Pavilion includes a huge gray marble sculpture that rises 5.5 meters from the ground and weighs 52 tons depicting the neck and head of the most famous race horse “Dubai Millennium” as a background on which lights and colors paint a painting that embodies the movement towards victory and the finish line.

The visitor learns about marine life and pearl divers, which are among the most prominent features of ancient life in Dubai, and the circumstances that prompted His Highness to strive to ensure the economic diversity of his country and society, as well as His Highness' commitment to achieving a better future for all that positively affects their lives.