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Shavkat Mirziyoyev lays flowers at Fatherland Defenders Monument in Kazakhstan
On December 6, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who is on a state visit in Kazakhstan, laid flowers at the Monument to the Defenders of the Fatherland in Nur-Sultan.
Photo: Presidential press service
The monument is known locally as Otan Korgaushylar. The Central part of the monument is a huge stele, with a sculpture of a lady holding a bowl. This sculpture is the Kazakh tradition of welcome i.e. bowl of milk and is meant to symbolize peace and prosperity. On either side of the main sculpture is two curved walls with reliefs.
This memorial was erected in memory of Kazakhstanis who fought in World War II.
President Mirziyoyev will hold talks today with his counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
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