Dubai wins Expo 2020: Gulf News TV special

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00:00Good evening and welcome to a special edition of Gulf News Update for Wednesday, November

00:09the 27th. Dubai has won the bid for hosting the World

00:12Expo 2020 by a massive margin, beating Russia's Ekaterinburg in the third and final round

00:18of voting in Paris. Dubai got 116 votes for the bid, or 70% of the total tally, as opposed

00:25to Russia's 47 votes. The UAE delegation at the headquarters of

00:29BIE, led by Sheikh Ahmad bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation, Chairman

00:35and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, and the Chairman of the Dubai Expo

00:392020 Organising Committee erupted in joy and celebration moments after the result was announced.

00:47The high-level UAE delegation in Paris was joined by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan,

00:52UAE Foreign Minister. Massive crowds that had gathered in major

00:55shopping malls and public places across Dubai also broke out into jubilation and wild cheer.

01:01A major display of fireworks was held at Burj Khalifa to celebrate the win.

01:06Earlier, Dubai sailed through the first round with a total of 77 votes, while Russia came

01:11in second with 39 votes and Turkey got 33 votes.

01:16Sao Paulo was eliminated in the first round with 13 votes.

01:19In the second round, Dubai improved its tally to 87 votes, while Ekaterinburg got 41 votes

01:25and Turkey went out of the competition with 36 votes.

01:30During the UAE's final presentation at the Bureau International d'Exposition, the Paris-based

01:35intergovernmental body that has organised the fair since 1928, UAE Minister of State

01:41Reem Al Hashmi highlighted Dubai's case for hosting the Expo.

01:45We began this journey with a view that we were willing to understand what the future

01:50would be. We explored ideas and thoughts and then we

01:53defined the roadmap for Dubai Expo 2020.

01:57That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news

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