Mayor is chief kazak in Gyumri
Among those attending today's assembly held by the "International Union for the Armenian-Kazak Friendship and Cooperation" were representative of the RA Ministry of Defense Felix Grigoryan, Deputy Mayor of Gyumri Rudik Hovhannisyan, guests from the Land Defenders' Union and the governors of the provinces where the organization is represented.
Chief ataman of the Shirak province Ashot Simonyan is certain that the St. Artemis Orthodox Church, spiritual and cultural centers, the international Kazak Cadet Corpus will soon be built on the 8 ha land provided by Mayor of Gyumri, chief ataman Vardan Ghukasyan and that they will serve for the Armenian-Kazak friendship.
The "International Union for the Armenian-Kazak Friendship and Cooperation" was founded in Gyumri on January 10, 2006.
"Our organization currently has 1,200-1,300 members from the entire province. We have mainly accepted men who have fought and have served in the army, and there are only 10 percent Kazak descendants. Our goal is to protect the nation and defend the borders. We educate our organization's members with the spirit of patriotism. Twenty of our men are currently defending the Armenian-Georgian border," Ashot Simonyan told "A1+".
The Russian Federation will be sponsoring the restoration of the Orthodox Church and the centers in Gyumri.
