Dubai Expo Delay to Be Discussed Later This Month, BIE Says

(Bloomberg) --

A meeting to discuss pushing back the dates for the Expo 2020 Dubai will be held on April 21.

The executive committee of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) will hold a virtual gathering on that date to make a decision, according to a statement Saturday.

The United Arab Emirates has requested a one-year delay to the world exhibition due to the coronavirus pandemic, asking that it now run from Oct. 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

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Delegates of 12 elected member states and BIE Secretary General Dimitri Kerkentzes will participate in the meeting, with a decision to be made by a two-thirds majority vote.

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