Qatar signs contract to participate in World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai

Qatar will participate in the World Expo 2025 in Japan as part of efforts to strengthen trade, industrial, and investment co-operation relations with the various participating countries.This participation gives access to Qatari businessmen and companies for building strong relations with the Japanese side, hence allowing the establishment of businesses and partnerships in various sectors, especially as Osaka is one of Japan’s business hubs.In this regard, Qatar has signed a contract for its official participation with a national pavilion in the World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai, scheduled to be held from April 13 until October 13, 2025.The participation contract was signed by Nasser Mohamed al-Muhannadi, deputy commissioner-general and chairman of the Preparation Committee for Qatar's participation in World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.From the Japanese side, the contract was signed by the Commissioner General of the Japan Association for Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai, in the presence of Abdulbasit al-Ajji, vice-chairman of the Preparation Committee and the preparation of Qatar pavilion, along with a number of officials in the expo’s organising committee.The preparation committee shall handle preparing the needed equipment for the state’s participation in the World Expo 2025. It shall also take on designing a distinguished, top-notch pavilion.To these ends, the committee is holding periodic meetings in order to ensure Qatar makes a distinguished, admirable participation.Themed ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’, the World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai focuses on three sub-themes: Saving lives, empowering lives, and connecting lives.As many as 150 countries and 25 international organisations are expected to participate in the expo, and the projected number of visitors is some 82mn visitors, of which 3.5mn are from outside Japan.