International

US Consul General Reflects on 20 Years of Change, Cooperation and Power of Human Connections

By Ayana Birbayeva on 3 July 2026

ALMATY – As Michelle Yerkin prepares to conclude her tenure as the United States Consul General in Almaty, she leaves Kazakhstan at a moment of deepening engagement between the two countries. For Yerkin, who first served in Almaty two decades ago in 2003, the posting has been both a...