Uzbek leader approved the proposal on a wide celebration of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, who made a great contribution to development of Uzbekistan.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev instructed to develop a plan of events to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the birth of Islam Karimov.

Within the program, a memorial complex of Islam Karimov will be opened in Samarkand in January 2018.A monument to Islam Karimov will be opened in Qarshi.

The resolution underlined that the national agency “Uzbekkino” will create a documentary film about the life and activities of Islam Karimov.

Within the framework of the program, the books “The Chronicle of the activities of the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Abduganievich Karimov” and “Letters to the President”, as well as the works of Islam Karimov “Youth - the decisive force of our today and tomorrow” and “High spirituality - invincible force” will be published.

An international scientific conference “Islam Karimov - the founder of an independent state of the Republic of Uzbekistan” will be held in Samarkand.