Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Presidents opened Abai monument and new embassy building

"This is a clear demonstration of brotherhood and friendship between our peoples. It is known that the general relationship of the Kazakh and Uzbek people is coming from immemorial time ", said Kazakh leader.

"Today, the relationship between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is successfully and steadily developing in all spheres. Today we are sovereign and independent states, as our ancestors have always dreamed of. Our relations have reached a whole new level of good-neighborliness and mutual relations. This confirms such an important event as the opening of the monument to the great Kazakh poet, thinker and humanist Abai Kunanbayev. He has made an invaluable contribution to the spiritual revival of the Turkic world. On the poetic world of Abai had an enormous influence creations of the great Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi, works of outstanding thinkers of the East - Ferdowsi, Nizami, Fuzuli. Today the name of Abai is famed throughout the world, the Abai House has been opened in London, monuments to him were erected in Moscow, Tehran, and Istanbul. In many cities of the world there are streets named after him, " said the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

"The opening of the monument in the capital city of brotherly Uzbekistan in Tashkent has historic significance. Ladies and gentlemen, let me sincerely from all Kazakhstan thank Islam Karimov for his assistance in this project, for his support and manifestation of more deep fraternal feelings to the Kazakh people. You always say that, and today it is a practical confirmation of our thoughts to be together, to honor our ancestors and teachers ", stated Nursultan Nazarbayev.

As the Head of State notes, the embassy building meets distinctive flavor of Tashkent, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. "I heartily congratulate on all of these important historical events in the life of our nations. They reaffirm our commitment to strengthening friendship, brotherhood of the peoples that have passed the test. You can not clap with one hand - this is a wise saying of thinker Alisher Navoi that accurately reflects the current atmosphere, the warmth of relationship between our two countries ", said the Kazakh President.

The monument to Abai Kunanbayev in Tashkent is at the intersection of Abay and Zulfiyahonum in Shaikhantakhur area designed by Kazakhstan's authors. The total height of the monument is 9.20 m, it is made of bronze.

The new building of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Uzbekistan is a three-storey building of a curved shape, which consists of three parts - the central and two lateral (left and right) with a width of 24 meters.