Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Bukhara, where he met the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. They visited a number of sights in the ancient city.
The construction of the Eternal Bukhara tourism center has not been halted, the city administration said in response to reports on social media.
Construction of a $470 million ethnographic tourist center near the historical part of Bukhara has started, despite the hokimiyat’s intention to make a final decision and start work only after receiving UNESCO’s resolution.
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