Guest guest Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Dear All, Hare Krishna !! Since I have returned to Kazakhstan the situation has basically been quiet. I had a productive meeting with the Indian Ambassador to Kazakhstan. He informed me that his office arranged a meeting with the Hakim of the Karasai Rayon and listened to his points. The ambassador has suggested some steps by which we can follow up and try establish some working dialogue with the Hakim. We also met one of our highly placed contacts who mentioned that he has discussed the issue with people on the level of the president's administration. He said that in three instances the feedback that he received was that the pressure was being exerted by a member of the president's family who wants our land. Thus the basic idea is to try to contact as many influential persons in Kazakhstan as possible who may bring the issue to the Presidents attention. In the past week: There was a demonstration at the Kazakh Embassy in Kiev Ukraine on Thursday afternoon. The team at the Bhaktivedanta Manor have developed a Kazakhstan Campaign Resource Packet. I will be sending that, hopefully tomorrow, that temples and individuals around the world will have an idea on how to conduct a systematic campaign. Also, Anuttama Prabhu has been in touch with the Kazakh Embassy in Washington trying to get feedback from their side. President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan is hosting a World Religions Forum in September 2006. It will be the second event like this in Kazakhstan and it brings immense credibility to the nation. We must make strong endeavours now that the Kazakh government will not allow the situation to sleep until after the September Forum, and at that time bring out their bulldozers to crush us. Please, dear friends, keep in contact with Kazakh government officials in your nations, plan protests at the Embassies, keep the news coming to Kazakhstan that the community throughout the world is not satisfied in the way their government is dealing with this issue. Thank you all. Please keep us in your prayers. With affectionate regards, BB Govinda Swami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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