YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who is on a working visit in Kazakhstan, has arrived at the “Astana Expo-2017” exposition. “Armenpress” reports Serzh Sargsyan was met by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Armenia is represented in a separate pavilion at the exposition. The collective pavilion of the exposition is called “Silk Road”.

The Armenian pavilion is located in the 411st section of the huge exhibition. The EXPO will last 3 months, from June 10 to September 10.

115 states and 18 international organizations will participate in the EXPO.

The event organizers hope the participating states will present the best energy saving technologies, the latest developments on the use of alternative energy sources. It is expected that 2 million tourists will visit the exhibition, and the total number of visits will be about 5 million. It is planned that 85% of the total number of visitors will be citizens of Kazakhstan, and 15% - foreign nationals, most of which will come from the CIS countries and China. A significant number of tourists is also expected to arrive from Europe, Turkey and the United States.

The Expo-2017 specialized exhibition initiated by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has been declared “one of the priority projects of the country” by the leadership of the country. In 2011 Kazakhstan had officially applied for organizing the exhibition.

9 thousand police officers and over 2 thousand cameras will ensure the safety of the visitors.