Kazakhstan holds presentation for EXPO-2017 in Paris

ASTANA. November 22. KAZINFORM The 150th session of the General Assembly of the International Exhibitions Bureau is being held in Paris on November 22-23, 2011; the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reports.

A Kazakh delegation is headed by Chairman of the Organizing Committee for EXPO-2017, First Deputy Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeyev. The delegation also includes Minister for Economic Integration Zhanar Aitzhanova, Kazakh MFA's Executive Secretary, National Coordinator of EXPO-2017 Project Rapil Zhoshybayev, Deputy Mayor of Astana Kanat Sultanbekov.

In a 30-minute presentation Kazakhstan presented a territory of holding the EXPO in the 3-D format. The International Exhibitions Bureau delegates were informed of infrastructural opportunities of Astana and Kazakhstan's readiness for holding the event of such scale.