Today, the Head of the state visited the Scientific and Enlightenment Memorial Complex named after Islam Karimov. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev laid flowers at the Islam Karimov Monument in Tashkent and paid tribute to the memory of the First President of Uzbekistan.

Surahs from the Quran were recited.

Remembering the departed with a kind word is a noble quality. Anyone who respects the memory of ancestors is worthy of respect himself.

At the solemn ceremony timed to the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence, Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that Islam Karimov, having proclaimed the independence of Uzbekistan, headed the state in the most difficult period of its history.

This ceremony is another embodiment of our people’s respect for the First President.

Members of the Senate and the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, representatives of the Presidential Administration, Cabinet of Ministers, ministries and other government agencies, the public of the capital also laid flowers at the monument.

Similar ceremonies have also taken place at Islam Karimov monuments in Samarkand and Karshi.