SAMARKAND, 6 October (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit. The aircraft with the head of state on board flying from Islamabad to Minsk landed in the airport of Samarkand, BelTA has learned.
Alexander Lukashenko was welcomed by Acting President of Uzbekistan, Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the airport.
The head of state visited the Hazrat Khizr cemetery near the Shah-i-Zinda memorial complex and laid flowers at the tomb of Islam Karimov. Then those present observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to the first President of Uzbekistan.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev informed the President of Belarus about the history of the Hazrat Hizr cemetery and the memorial complex. Then Alexander Lukashenko went to the Palace of Forums where he laid a wreath at the photo of Islam Karimov.
There the head of state talked to Islam Karimov's widow Tatyana Karimova and expressed his condolences to her family.
