Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Dec. 6
By Demir Azizov– Trend:
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who has been elected the President of Uzbekistan for the next five years, thanked the Uzbek people for trusting in him.
"I thank the people of Uzbekistan for their support," said Mirziyoyev at a rally of the Uzbek Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP) supporters, which was held after announcement of the preliminary voting results.
As previously reported, more than 15.9 million voters, or 88.61 percent of all voters who participated in the voting, cast their ballots for Mirziyoyev.
Overall, more than 17.94 million people, or 87.83 percent of all voters cast their votes.
Addressing the rally, Mirziyoyev said that over the past 25 years, under the leadership of the first Uzbek President Islam Karimov tremendous changes had been made in all spheres of the country’s life - the principles of market economy were introduced, the foundations of sovereignty were fortified, as well as a democratic legal state and strong civil society were formed.
"Further consistent continuation of this extensive work is the main purpose of our people. Since the main idea of our independence is to secure bright future for our Motherland and welfare of its people,” said the newly elected president.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev congratulated Mirziyoyev with the victory.