The President of Uzbekistan visited the city of Shusha

In the afternoon, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his wife, accompanied by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife, got acquainted with the sights of the city of Shushi.

Shusha is called the main pearl of Karabakh, the temple of Caucasian art and the cradle of Azerbaijani music. The city is the birthplace of a whole galaxy of outstanding figures of science, culture and art.

Since 2021, Shusha has been the cultural capital of Azerbaijan, and in 2023 the city was declared the cultural capital of the Turkic world.

This year, the city of Khiva and the city of Shusha became twinned.

The distinguished guests began their acquaintance with the city with a visit to the Saatli Mosque, erected in 1883.

Then the heads of state visited the photo exhibition "Heydar Aliyev and Karabakh", organized in connection with the centenary of the national leader of Azerbaijan.

A visit to the main city square of Shusha took place. There are busts of outstanding cultural figures of Azerbaijan – Khurshidbanu Natavan, Bulbul, Uzeyir Hajibeyli.

The Uzbek side got acquainted with the "Khan Kyzy" spring, which served as a source of drinking water for the city, the house-museum of the famous Azerbaijani cultural figure Bulbul, the architectural monument "House of Mehmandarov", as well as the famous plain tract Jydyr Dyuzu, where equestrian competitions were held.

This is the end of the program of events of the state visit of the President of our country to Azerbaijan. The head of our state has left for Tashkent.