(MENAFN- AzerNews) President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady
Mehriban Aliyeva and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, his wife Ziroatkhon Mirziyoyeva have attended a
ceremony to inaugurate the sndary school No. 1 named after Mirzo
Ulugbek in Fuzuli.
The heads of state and first ladies met with and spoke to the
students and teachers of the new school.
President Ilham Aliyev: Hello guys, how are
you?
Children: Hello, we are fine.
Female resident: You are wee, Mr.
President!
President Ilham Aliyev: Hello, nice to see
you!
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev: laam
alaikum.
Female resident: Hello, you are wee!
First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva: There are flowers,
hello children, hello.
Female residents: Hello, you are wee, Mrs.
Aliyeva.
President Ilham Aliyev: Guys, my dear brother
Shavkat Miromonovich has gifted this school to the city of Fuzuli.
Please give him a round of apple.
School principal Hajar Mahmudova: Your
Excellences, with your permission, I would like to wee you on
behalf of our teachers, students and parents. We are proud to see
you in this great school. Thirty years ago, at the age of 26, I had
to leave this city as a resident on almost theme date – with a
difference of t one day. And now I am back. We thank you for
giving these moments, we are grateful to our victori Army. We
are grateful to the President of Uzbekistan, Mr. Shavkat
Mirziyoyev, and to the people of Uzbekistan for building and giving
us this wonderful school. May we ask Mr. Mirziyoyev tonvey the
gratitude of the natives of Fuzuli to his people, to the Uzbek
people.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev: Thank you very
much.
Hajar Mahmudova: We, members of the teaching
team, assure you that we will work with all our might to enable
students of this school to grow up as citizens with good knowledge
and skills, as well as national and moral values. Thank you very
much again.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev: Thank you.
President Ilham Aliyev: Thank you. The school
has been named after Mirzo Ulugbek.
Hajar Mahmudova: Yes, the grandson of Amir
Timur.
President Ilham Aliyev: Yes, the grandson of
Amir Timur, a prominent son of the Uzbek people. This school will
be the center of Uzbekistan-Azerbaijan friendship and
brotherhood.
Hajar Mahmudova: We will do our best for that.
We are grateful to the President of Uzbekistan and to the Uzbek
people. Thank you very much.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev: Thank you.
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The heads of state cut the ribbon symbolizing the opening of the
school.
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President Ilham Aliyev: Good luck!
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev: I hope it will be
successful.
They posed for photographs.
Then the heads of state and first ladies were informed about the
conditions created in the school.
It was noted that the school built in Fuzuli as a gift from
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on behalf of the Uzbek
people had the capacity to amodate 960 students.nstruction
started last year and waspleted with high quality. The school
buildingnstructed on an area of 3 hectares has two floors and a
basement. The school has 40 classrooms, six laboratories, two
computer classes, five functional study rooms, a 500-seat assembly
hall, a gym, a 320-seat cafeteria, and a library. A football pitch,
places for recreation and events, running tracks, chat rooms, a
checkpoint, a boiler room, water tanks, and a transformer
substation have been built in theurtyard of the school.
Construction has been carried out with high quality.
Then a video was shown in the assembly hall of the school.
Thenstruction of this school, whichnfirms the words of
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev that“Azerbaijan is a
close friend and a reliable strategic partner that has stood the
test of time” indicates the high level of relations between the two
brotherlyuntries. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev also
evaluated the initiative to build a big school in the Fuzuli
district by Uzbekistan as another step of solidarity, friendship
and brotherhood between the twountries.