{"id":69080,"date":"2016-09-16T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T19:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/?p=69080"},"modified":"2016-09-16T18:17:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T22:17:24","slug":"statement-on-death-of-president-president-karimov-of-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/2016\/09\/16\/statement-on-death-of-president-president-karimov-of-uzbekistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on death of President President Karimov of Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Excellencies, Ambassador Modrakhimov,\u00a0 distinguished Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is my sad duty to express, on behalf of all of us in this room, my deepest condolences to the people and to the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the loss of President Islam Abduganievich Karimov.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Islam Karimov embodied the Republic of Uzbekistan\u2019s modern history, having led his country for fifteen years, from the very first day of its independence on 1 September 1991. Uzbekistan has always been at the crossroads of the world. \u00a0I am confident that the Uzbek authorities will ensure a smooth transition on the road to security, stability, social development and prosperity for the country and its people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">My thoughts and profound sympathy also go to President Karimov\u2019s family, and I would be grateful to Ambassador Modrakhimov if he could kindly convey the message to them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"woo-sc-divider\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excellencies, Ambassador Modrakhimov,\u00a0 distinguished Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan, It is my sad duty to express, on behalf of all of us in this room, my deepest condolences to the people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":69084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[3252,3180,3248],"class_list":["post-69080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-statements","tag-death-karimov","tag-latest-news","tag-uzbekistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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