The President of Uzbekistan had visited this complex on March 10, 2017, gave appropriate instructions on its further improvement, creating necessary conditions for pilgrims.
The President inspected activities that have been implemented over the past period.
According to tradition, surahs from the Quran were read.
A consistent work is being carried out in accordance with the decree of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on preparation for the 915th anniversary of Abdulhalik Gijduvani’s birth and the 700th anniversary of Bahauddin Naqshband’s birth of July 11, 2017. The Head of the state was provided with information on the “road map” of spiritual-enlightenment, scientific-practical events in connection with these anniversaries.
This was the result of the state policy pursued by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev aimed at preserving, studying and popularizing the national cultural heritage.


The UNESCO World Heritage List includes: the Jemchug Residential Building, the State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, the Peoples’ Friendship Palace, the State Museum of Art of Uzbekistan, the Tashkent State Circus building, the Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan, the National Palace of Cinema of Uzbekistan, the Chorsu market, the Cosmonauts metro station, and the Sun Heliocomplex.
These monuments represent a harmonious blend of modernist ideas and Central Asian architectural traditions.


Gayane Umerova, Chairman of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation and Chairman of the National Commission for UNESCO, stressed that the inclusion of these sites in the World Heritage List returns an important part of the modern architectural history of Uzbekistan to the international context of the heritage of the 20th century and the world modernist movement, and also imposes a long-term responsibility to preserve these buildings with maximum professional care, to ensure their integral role in the life of the city and to pass on knowledge about them to future generations.
B. Khudoyberdiyev, UzA