The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait Dr Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah is visiting Uzbekistan. The high level guest met with Uzbek Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Norov on Wednesday, 6 June.

The two officials signed Memorandum of understanding between the foreign affairs ministries of Uzbekistan and Kuwait, UzA reported.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait also visited the grand Khazrati Imam Mosque, Barokkhon Madrassah, the place of veneration of Muyi Muborak, the new building of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.

International Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), which is one of the Islamic Conference Organization’s structures, has named Tashkent a world capital of Islamic culture in 2007.

Tashkent has been honored to receive such high and honorable rank thanks to the outstanding merits of Uzbekistan before the Islamic culture and science, preservation of monuments and further enrichment of Islamic heritage.

In its choice the ISESCO has taken into consideration, above all, the policies of Uzbekistan’s Leadership aimed at reviving the cultural and spiritual values of Uzbek people, as well as the measures taken by the Government of Uzbekistan to protect and carefully preserve the monuments of Islamic civilization.