To say goodbye to the first President of Uzbekistan arrived heads of States and governments of several countries.
In Samarkand on Saturday, September 3, buried the first President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.
The report States that Islam Karimov was buried in accordance with Muslim customs in Shakhi-Zinda.
In the farewell ceremony with Islam Karimov, which took place in the afternoon at the historic Registan square in the center of Samarkand, was attended by heads of States and governments of several countries.
“Among them were the presidents of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, Prime Ministers of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia, the Iranian foreign Minister, UAE Minister of state, CIS Executive Secretary and others”, – the newspaper notes.
