Deputy Prime Minister AZIZ Became an Honorary Member of ISSA

In September 2024, the Secretary General of ISSA, Mr. Liu Yang, awarded the certificate of Honorary Membership 

to the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, the Minister of Environment, and the President of the National 

Academy of Fine Arts in Tashkent. for their support of international sculpture. Since then, leaders of many 

countries, including the Speaker of the Parliament and the Prime Minister, have become honorary members of

 the Alliance.

 The Marble International Sculpture Symposium is a large-scale international cultural event signed by 

the President of Uzbekistan and organized by the Ministry of Environment and Ecological Protection, 

with the National Academy of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan and the National Association of Fine Arts as co-organizers. 

The theme of the event was Art Saves the Planet, a way of drawing attention to ecological problems through art.

At the closing ceremony of the event, Liu Yang, the Secretary General of the Alliance, presented certificates 

of honor, gratitude, membership and alliance to Aziz Abdukhakimov, the Minister of Environment, 

Akmal Nuridinov, the Director of the Academy of Fine Arts, Ibragim Valikhodjaev, the Chairman of 

the National Association of Fine Arts, and Nasima, the head of the event. Also present at the closing ceremony 

were representatives of the Alliance, including ISSA's Syrian member Aktham Abdulhamid, Turkish member 

Hakan Sengonul, Georgian member Valerian Jikia, as well as more than 20 international and local sculptors.

Materials Provider: ISSA Uzbekistan Member Ibragim Valikhodjaev

Editor: Liu Qin, Song Mingcheng

Translator: Sun Ya’nan

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