The Diplomat
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, together with the Mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre, will today present to the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Madrid the candidature for Expo 2027 Málaga, which has as its slogan “‘The urban era: towards the sustainable city’.
Albares and de la Torre will receive the diplomatic representatives, at midday, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Plaza Marqués de Salamanca, to share with them the reasons why Spain considers that Malaga should host Expo 2027.
In a note released yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that Malaga’s candidacy is a national project and as proof of this, the presentation ceremony will also be attended by senior officials from Foreign Affairs, the Andalusian Regional Government, the Provincial Government and Malaga City Council.
During the event, the official video promoting the candidature will be shown, as well as another promotional video of Spain, both of which were used during the presentation of the candidature at the 170th Assembly of the International Exhibitions Bureau in Paris, BIE, last June.
Following the event, the diplomatic corps will be offered a cocktail with typical products of Malaga’s gastronomy such as Aloreña olives, Ardales crisps, Guadalhorce tomato salad, ajoblanco, salami tartar, Canillas goat brioche and Algarrobo cake mousse, among others, which will be served by Malaga companies, who have wished to collaborate with the event.
In its note, Exterior indicates that Expo 2027 Malaga, with the slogan “the urban era: towards the sustainable city’, will be held from 5 June to 5 September 2027, and aims to be “a proposal for reflection on one of the main challenges facing contemporary society in the medium and long term: making population growth and urban development compatible with environmental protection and the adoption of innovative solutions that guarantee an improvement in the quality of life of city residents”.
The note also recalls that the slogan “links to and is based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030”.
