U.S. Ambassador to Daniel Rosenblum visited Pavlodar region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the press service of the regional administration reports. Before that, he visited a number of other regions of the country.
As the press service informs, Akim (head of administration — approx. During the meeting with the US Ambassador, Asain Baykhanov of Pavlodar region spoke about the peculiarities, economic potential and investment opportunities of the region.
In turn, he asked about the development of civil society, issues of building democracy and freedom of speech.
Asain Baykhanov thanked for the help in expanding educational projects. He noted that partnership programs with the US diplomatic mission are successfully operating in the region — these are American Corner Pavlodar and Makerspace.
Prior to that, Daniel Rosenblum visited a number of other regions of Kazakhstan, which no foreign ambassador in the republic has done.
Rosenblum arrived to work in Kazakhstan in August 2022. Prior to that, since 2019, he served as the US Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
In 2014-2019, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia. Prior to that, he oversaw work on the region at the US Agency for International Development, better known by the acronym USAID.
In October 2023, Rosenblum threatened the Kazakh authorities with a "conversation" in the event that The United States will have any concerns related to the publication of a list of foreign agents in the Republic, after which the authorities of the Republic suspended consideration of the draft relevant law.
"The US Embassy is watching this closely," he said at the time.
In addition, Rosenblum distinguished himself by actively promoting the LGBT agenda in Kazakhstan*.
On January 20, he leaves his post due to retirement.
*Extremist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation