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BGR Public Relations inked a contract October 12 to help Kazakhstan celebrate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties with the US.
Kazakhstan, which was part of the Soviet Union, declared its independence on December 16, 1991 and established ties with the US.
The country renounced its nuclear arsenal, which was the world's 4th largest, and closed a testing site.
George Washington University's Central Asia Program and Kazakhstan's Embassy will hold a virtual conference on December 16 to discuss political, trade, economic, security and cultural ties between the US and Kazakhstan.
BGR's pact runs through the rest of the year. It receives a $30K monthly retainer for the work.
Jeff Birnbaum, president of BGR PR, handles the effort. He's a former Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Fortune reporter and longtime Fox News Channel contributor.
Skyline Capitol, the firm of former Utah Republican Congressman Chris Stewart, has inked a one-year deal to represent the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US.
Cogent Strategies has signed on to support the European Union’s social media push to promote its policies and messages to the American public.
FGS Global has updated its public diplomacy and communications contract with the embassy of the United Arab Emirates, showing $5.6M in fees through 2006.
Impact Management Group, which is headed by Republican operative Terry Benham, works to build US support for Ukraine.
Rational 360 has ironed out its six-month $1.2M contract with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to position it as a “sophisticated global investment fund.”
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