The Enduring Commemoration of Ancestors
The erection of Shahidlar Khotirasi Memorial Complex in Tashkent and the announcement of August 31 as the Day of Memory of Repression Victims is the embodiment of deep respect and honor for the memory of selfless sons of our nation.
Remembrance of forefathers is eternal. Immense efforts have been spearheaded in Uzbekistan under the leadership of President Islam Karimov to restore the names and perpetuate the memory of our ancestors who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the Motherland. The erection of Shahidlar Khotirasi Memorial Complex in Tashkent and the announcement of August 31 as the Day of Memory of Repression Victims is the embodiment of deep respect and honor for the memory of selfless sons of our nation.As the tradition goes, events in tribute to our compatriots who fell in the name of the freedom and independence of our native land took place in the early hours of August 31 at the Shahidlar Khotirasi Memorial Complex.
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov took part in the commemoration events.
The head of our state conveyed his view of the current socio-political developments in the country and the world and outlined critical challenges to be addressed in this regard.
Visiting such shrines, recalling our compatriots who gave their lives in the name of the freedom of the people, we understand what enormous losses and the thorniest of tests had to be endured to attain the independence of our land and the current peaceful and prosperous life in the country. These moments we realize even deeper the greatest significance of the independence we have achieved, the independence our forefathers had dreamt of for centuries.
We are all very well aware of the incredible endeavors undertaken in the independence years to revive our spiritual values and realize our national distinctiveness. Nonetheless, the sweepingly changing life, the challenges and requirements of times make us face the growing number of new tasks. Fostering the young generation in the spirit of respect for national and universal values, safeguarding it from destructive ideas foreign to our mentality, according to President Islam Karimov, have been gaining in urgency.
We should never forget that the principal end sought by those who, pursuing their own selfish interests, push forward such vicious ideas is to distract from the truthful way those young people who come short of sufficient life experience yet and the firm socio-political position, and use these youths to carry out the vicious plans they breed, the head of our state pointed out. Therefore, we ought to be vigilant and attentive all the time and protect our youth from the harmful impact of ideas alien to us.
Later the day, President Islam Karimov traveled to the Mustaqillik Square and laid wreath to the Monument of Independence and Humanism, a symbol of our freedom, bright future and noble aspirations.
Members of both houses of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, officials the Cabinet of Ministers, ministries, other government agencies and representatives of the wider public also laid flowers to the foot of the Monument.