The official celebrations for theNational Day of Slovakia were opened on the morning of Wednesday June 24 at the Expo Milano 2015 Media Center, in the presence ofAndrey Kiska,President of the Slovak Republic andRiccardo Nencini, Italian Deputy Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. The ceremony began with some songs performed by the Slovak choir and the Italian and Slovakian national anthems, as the flags were raised. It was followed byMinister Nencini’s speech welcomingPresident Kiska, the authorities and the visitors present. 

 

“This Universal Exhibition focuses on the theme of food production throughout the world. It is our hope that this concept is developed while protectingthe environmentas much as possible. Expo Milano 2015 is like a sort of Noah’s Ark, an ark for thefreedomandrightsofpeoples”. 

 

The President of the Slovak Republic expressed a fervent desire to make a contribution to the Universal Exhibition through his country’s input and the hope that Expo Milano 2015 will be able to tackle the issue ofnutritional wellbeing,which is currently denied to certain peoples in the world.