On the 25th of May, at the end of a full working day, the Mayor of Tangier, BIE President Wu Jianmin and BIE Secretary General Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales held a press conference summing up a full day of a symposium on "Routes and Intercultural Dialogue".

In his opening remarks, BIE President Wu Jianmin, expressed his satisfaction for a successful symposium. He underlined the importance of the commitment of the Moroccan government saying that: "during the lunch with the Prime Minister he assured the BIE of the full support of  the government to the Expo."
 
Mr. Loscertales underlined the importance of this symposium, which took place in the interval between the BIE enquiry mission, of a few weeks ago, and the date of the vote in November. He said that "today's workshop is an additional step in the international campaign of Morocco to promote the importance of their project with the BIE member states and the citizens in Tangier and in around the country."

To answer a question on the possibilities of Tangier to win the bid for an Expo as a milestone in the roadmap of development of Morocco, Mr. Loscertales explained that Expos are catalysts of innovation and build a credibility factor vis a vis the international community.

Most of the questions concerned the perception that the international community has of Tangier's project. President Wu said: "you have to go all the way, and the most important thing is communication."

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