The first lady of Uzbekistan, the board chairman of trustees of “Zamin” international public fund, Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, participated in the summit on Palestine held in Istanbul.
The people of Uzbekistan are deeply saddened by the hardships and sufferings of the civilians of Palestine, Ziroat Mirziyoyeva said at the summit in Istanbul.
She called on both sides to immediately cease hostilities, to create an opportunity to deliver humanitarian aid to the people in dire straits, to resolve the conflict only peacefully and through diplomacy on the basis of the principle of “two countries for two peoples”. She once again voiced Uzbekistan’s firm position in this regard.
It was noted that Uzbekistan is united with the Palestinian people and fully supports their right to establish an independent state in accordance with the UN resolutions.
At the end of the summit, the meeting of the wives of heads of state and government on the Gaza Strip adopted a Declaration of Goodwill.
PS: Ziroat Mirziyoyeva Mahmudovna (in Uzbek - Mirziyо́yeva Zirоát Maxmúdovna; born 4 December 1964 in Kokand, Fergana Region, Uzbek SSR) is a public figure, an engineer-economist, spouse of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev Miromonovich.
Ziroat Mirziyoyeva was born on December 4, 1964 in the city of Kokand, Fergana region.
In 1986, she graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration (now National Research University “Tashkent Institute of Irrigation Engineers and Agricultural Mechanization”) as an engineer-economist. She speaks Uzbek, Russian and English. She has two daughters and a son. She is fond of classical and national music and interested in history.
Since 2020 she chairs the Board of Trustees of the Zamin International Public Foundation, which carries out a number of charitable projects on social protection of vulnerable segments of the population, development of health care and education through the creation of an accessible and inclusive environment in Uzbekistan.
Environmental protection is a priority area of the Foundation’s activities. It implements projects on such issues as landscaping, automatization of air quality monitoring, rational use of natural resources, development of environmental education of youth and access to clean potable water in remote areas.
Conducts a number of activities at both national and international levels to draw greater attention to topical issues in the social and environmental spheres.
