Zelensky made large-scale reshuffle among ambassadors, including in China and Hungary: who was dismissed and appointed
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The President of Ukraine dismissed ambassadors to Rwanda, Kenya, Slovenia, China, Indonesia, Japan, and Lithuania. New diplomats have been appointed in their place, in particular in Rwanda, the Philippines, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, and Congo.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed decrees dismissing Ukrainian ambassadors to Rwanda, Kenya, Slovenia, China, Indonesia, Japan, and Lithuania, and appointed Ukrainian ambassadors to Rwanda, the Philippines, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, and Congo, UNN reports, citing the presidential decrees of December 21.
Details
Zelensky signs dismissal decrees:
- Andrii Pravednyk from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Rwanda and Kenya
- Andrii Taran from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Slovenia
- Petro Beshta as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Lithuania
- Sergiy Korsunsky as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan
- Vasyl Hamyanin from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Indonesia and from the post of Representative of Ukraine to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Pavlo Riabikin from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the People's Republic of China
In addition, Zelenskyy dismissed Yevhenia Filipenko from the post of Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
Zelensky also made appointments by his decrees:
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Rwanda
- Yulia Fediv as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of the Philippines
- Olga Nikitchenko as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Lithuania
- Fedir Shandor as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Hungary
- Petro Beshta as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Slovenia
- Vasyl Gamyanin as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Addendum
Zelenskyy dismissed Sergiy Kyslytsya from the post of Ukraine's permanent representative to the United Nations.
