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BGR Government Affairs has signed a $600K contract to provide strategic guidance, PR, and government affairs services to Serbia.
The firm may contact US government officials, NGOs and the media on behalf of Serbia.
Serbia maintains friendly relations with Russia, its fellow Slavic nation, and has not joined in pressing sanctions against it.
More than 200K Russians have fled to Serbia in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Jeff Birnbaum, president of BGR’s PR unit, and international & trade practice co-heads Lester Munson and Maya Seiden, handle the Serbia business.
Serbia’s US ambassador Marko Djuric oversees the BGR relationship, which began on July 20.
The Balkan nation signed Karv Communications to a $720K one-year pact, effective July 15.
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.”
APCO has signed on to promote this month’s visit of Ahmed Al Khateeb, head of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism, to the US.
The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism has signed on Montieth & Co. for strategic communications and media relations duties as chaos grips neighboring Haiti.
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