2015-08-31

Remembrance of forefathers is eternal. Immense efforts have been spearheaded in Uzbekistan under the leadership of President Islam Karimov to restore the names and perpetuate the memory of our ancestors who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the Motherland.

The erection of Shahidlar Khotirasi Memorial Complex in Tashkent and the announcement of August 31 as the Day of Memory of Repression Victims is the embodiment of deep respect and honor for the memory of selfless sons of our nation.

We are all very well aware of the incredible endeavors undertaken in the independence years to revive our spiritual values and realize our national distinctiveness. Nonetheless, the sweepingly changing life, the challenges and requirements of times make us face the growing number of new tasks. Fostering the young generation in the spirit of respect for national and universal values, safeguarding it from destructive ideas foreign to our mentality, according to President Islam Karimov, have been gaining in urgency.

We should never forget that the principal end sought by those who, pursuing their own selfish interests, push forward such vicious ideas is to distract from the truthful way those young people who come short of sufficient life experience yet and the firm socio-political position, and use these youths to carry out the vicious plans they breed, the head of our state pointed out. Therefore, we ought to be vigilant and attentive all the time and protect our youth from the harmful impact of ideas alien to us.

Source: UzA