In Tashkent said earlier that he is in serious condition.
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov died. About it reports Reuters, citing three diplomatic source.
On the death of Karimov on 29 August reported Fergana, Tashkent, but denied this information.
On the eve of the Uzbek media have published the message of the government about the status of Karimov, stating that the status of the Uzbek leader, in recent days has deteriorated dramatically. Cabinet also confirmed the reports that Karimov suffered a stroke.
Also, nedvano Reuters reported that Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev will interrupt his trip to China to visit Uzbekistan on Saturday.
Then the Agency noted that the visit to Tashkent means that the government Nazarbayev is preparing for the official announcement of the death of Karimov.
Islam Karimov was born January 30 1938 in Samarkand. In Soviet times, served as the first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist party of the Uzbek SSR (1989-1991). Since gaining independence in 1991 became the first and permanent President of Uzbekistan.
In the presidential election of 2000, 2007 and 2016 Karimov won with a score of more than 90 percent of the vote.
