Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In the afternoon, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his spouse, 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 the art of the Caucasus and the cradle of Azerbaijani music. The city is the birthplace of a 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 sister cities.

The distinguished guests began their acquaintance with the city from a visit to the Saatly mosque, built in 1883.

Then the heads of state toured 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 Shushi took place. There are busts of outstanding cultural figures of Azerbaijan - Khurshidbanu Natavan, Bulbul, Uzeyir Hajibeyli.

The Uzbek side got acquainted with great interest 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 the Mehmandarovs”, as well as the famous plain tract of Dzhydir Duzyu, where equestrian competitions were held.

On this, the program of events of the state visit of the President of our country to Azerbaijan ended. The head of our state left for Tashkent.