Gunay Efendiyeva: Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan brotherhood must be preserved as a shared legacy

Baku, November 3 (AZERTAC). Gunay Efendiyeva, deputy chair of the Culture Committee of the Milli Majlis, told AZERTAC that draft laws being discussed in parliament today include very important documents deepening the brotherhood and partnership between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. She said that amid geopolitical tensions and changes in the international system, preserving historical ties, shared values and mutual trust is essential.

Efendiyeva pointed to centuries-old relations, including Alisher Navoi's attachment to the legacy of Nizami Ganjavi in the Middle Ages, the sincere friendship of poets Mirvarid Dilbazi and Zulfiya in the last century, and the spiritual closeness between the works of Huseyn Javid and Abdurrauf Fitrat, writers who fell victim to repression. She said ties were raised to a high level through the joint political will of President Ilham Aliyev and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

She described the Treaty on Eternal Friendship, signed by Aliyev with the Uzbek president in Tashkent on August 23, as a strong reflection of brotherly sentiment at the interstate level. Efendiyeva also said parliamentary friendship continues successfully and that the First Uzbekistan-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Forum, held last year in Khiva, laid the foundation for a new tradition.