President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed a number of Ukrainian ambassadors. This includes diplomatic representatives in Slovenia, Lithuania, Rwanda, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Indonesia, Japan, and China. Reported by TSN. This information comes from Kontrakty.UA.
This is mentioned on the president's website.
Who is affected
- Pavlo Ryabkin (China)
- Vasyl Hamiianin (Indonesia)
- Serhiy Korsunsky (Japan)
- Petro Beshta (Lithuania)
- Andriy Taran (Slovenia)
- Andriy Pravydnyk (Rwanda)
Zelensky has also dismissed:
- Serhiy Kyslytsia from the position of Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN;
- Yevheniya Filipenko from the position of Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
Who has been appointed by the president
- Yevhen Tsymbaliuk as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva;
- Vasyl Hamiianin as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
- Petro Beshta as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Slovenia;
- Fedor Shandor as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary;
- Olha Nikitchenko as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Lithuania;
- Yuliya Fediv as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of the Philippines;
- Vyacheslav Yatsyuk as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Rwanda;
- Maryana Betz as head of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO.
We remind you that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, along with the diplomatic team, has approved new candidates for the positions of Ukrainian ambassadors.