Deputy Assistant Secretary Henick Sends Letter of Thanks to the Kyrgyz Embassy on the Occasion of National Adoption Day

Dear Ambassador Otunbaev, On the occasion of National Adoption Month in the United States, I wish to extend my warm gratitude to the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the United States for your continued partnership with our country and the Department of State on intercountry adoptions.  The State Department takes great pride and care in the exercise of our responsibilities for intercountry adoption and ...
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Adoptions from Kyrgyzstan to Begin with Approval of U.S. ASPs

Kyrgyzstan’s adoption authority, the Ministry of Social Development, has authorized six U.S. accredited adoption service providers (ASPs) to provide adoption services in Kyrgyzstan in accordance with its new adoption service provider regulations which were implemented on January 10, 2014. Kyrgyzstan has indicated that this is the final step in reopening Kyrgyzstan to intercountry adoptions under ...
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