Ukrainian president dismisses several ambassadors, including UN representative

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a number of ambassadors and appointed five new diplomats on the morning of December 21.

Under the presidential decrees, the following ambassadors were dismissed from their posts, Caliber.Az reports citing Ukrainian media.

Andrii Pravednyk, Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda

Andrii Taran, Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia

Petr Beshta, Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania

Serhii Korsunskyi, Ambassador to Japan

Vasyl Hamianin, Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia and Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Pavlo Riabikin, Ambassador to the People's Republic of China

Yevheniia Filipenko, Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Serhii Kyslytsia, Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago

In addition, Zelenskyy made a series of new ambassadorial appointments, including:

Yuliia Fediv as Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines

Viacheslav Yatsiuk as Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda

Olha Nikitchenko as Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania

Fedir Shandor as Ambassador to Hungary

Petr Beshta as Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia

The previous day, Zelenskyy also approved the appointment of more than 30 new Ukrainian ambassadors abroad.

By Vafa Guliyeva