Dear Kyrgyzstan Families:
We have contacted the General Consul at the Kyrgyzstan embassy for an update on the adoption status in Kyrgyzstan. She told us again that everything is prepared for adoptions to start again and that they do plan on continuing the program but that there was no date set for implimentation. The 65 families that were suspended in the middle of their adoptions have not progressed regardless of political pressure applied by US authorities. The Joint Council has initiated a new request for appeal to Kyrgyzstan authorities and for political pressure to finalize these 65 adoptions.
The bottom line is that we are still in a suspended state waiting for the Kyrgyzstan government to begin implimentation. I am sorry that I do not have something more definitive to report. We will keep monitoring the situation and let you know if there are any progress. Again if anyone would like to switch to one of our other countries of Russia or Kazakhstan we will assist you without any additional agency fee. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Warm regards,
Brent E. Yoder, LCSW
Executive Director
