President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree appointing Andriy Yanevsky as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Denmark.
The relevant document No. 714/2023 was published on the President’s website.
The decree comes into force on the day of its publication.
Previously, Andriy Yanevsky served as Head of the Department for Supporting the Work of the Management of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
By another decree, the President of Ukraine dismissed Mykhailo Vydoinyk from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Denmark.
The relevant decree No. 710/2023 was published on the President’s website.
The decree comes into force on the day of its publication.
Mykhailo Vydoinyk has been Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Denmark since June 25, 2018.
There is currently no technical possibility to evacuate Ukrainian citizens from Israel, people need to follow the commands coming from the government, said Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk.
“We do not have the technical ability to evacuate people. Therefore, as the president said earlier, and the embassy gave a wide comment on this, people should stay in the safest possible places, listen to the commands coming from the local government and strictly follow them,” he said on the air of the national telethon.
The ambassador noted that there have been appeals from Ukrainians from Israel and Palestine, where about 1,000 Ukrainian citizens are registered with the consulate. Korniychuk added that consuls work in both Palestine and Israel around the clock.
The ambassador suggested that “the Israeli authorities will take control of the situation in the late afternoon.”
Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yevhen Perebyinis has accepted copies of his credentials from the new Ambassador of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Ukraine, Martin Harris.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Perebyinis congratulated the Ambassador on the beginning of his diplomatic mission in Ukraine, expressing hope that his work in our country will contribute to further deepening of Ukrainian-British relations.
“The interlocutors discussed the full range of issues of cooperation between Ukraine and the United Kingdom, exchanged views on concrete steps to deepen cooperation in the context of Ukraine’s course towards NATO membership, as well as the implementation of international initiatives to support Ukraine,” the statement said.
The parties paid special attention to the issue of strengthening sanctions pressure on Russia and the functioning of the Black Sea “grain corridor” to ensure global food security.
The Deputy Minister thanked the UK for supporting Ukraine and strengthening the country’s defense capabilities.
Earlier, the British government announced that Martin Harris will become the British Ambassador to Ukraine, replacing Melinda Simmons, and the rotation will take place in September 2023.
Martin Harris already worked in Kyiv in 2003-2008 and held the position of Deputy Ambassador and Consul General.
Melinda Simmons has been head of the British diplomatic mission in Ukraine since 2019. She will continue to work in the diplomatic service in another position.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yevhen Perebiynis received copies of credentials from the new ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Ukraine, Martin Oberg, on Tuesday, August 15.
According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Deputy Minister positively noted the high level of bilateral political dialogue between the two countries and thanked Sweden for all-round support of Ukraine, in particular, the strong defense assistance in the form of weapons and military equipment.
In turn, Oberg reaffirmed Sweden’s readiness to continue supporting Ukraine and strengthening cooperation between Kyiv and Stockholm.
The sides also discussed practical steps to implement President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Formula for Peace, support Ukraine on its way to full EU membership, and exchanged views on further development of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
The president of Ukraine has appointed Pavlo Ryabikin as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the People’s Republic of China.
According to the official portal of the President of Ukraine, this is enshrined in the decree of the head of state No. 239/2023 of April 26, 2023
From November 2021 to March 2023 Ryabikin was the Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine.
The Foreign Ministry has launched an open search for Ukraine’s ambassadors due to a “personnel famine,” with ambassadorial positions currently vacant in 21 countries, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.
“I am convinced that Ukraine has strong and professional people. The only problem is that either a) we have not found them yet, or b) they themselves have not yet learned about the possibility of taking on the super difficult but very necessary job of Ukraine’s ambassador. That is why we are taking the unprecedented step of creating an open mechanism that allows both diplomats from within the system and people from outside to propose their candidacy for the ambassadorship,” the minister wrote on Monday.
A corresponding page has already been created on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the “Vacancies.
According to Kuleba, an open search among internal and external candidates will avoid unacceptable situations when a vacancy of an ambassador to a certain country remains unfilled for several years.
He noted that the problem of “staff hunger” is now familiar not only to state institutions but also to the private sector.
“It is particularly difficult to find candidates for ambassadorial positions. Looking for them in the diplomatic system. Looking in the business community. Looking among academics. But the pace of our diplomatic expansion, particularly in Africa, is also increasing. That is why there are still more than two dozen countries without ambassadors,” underlined Kuleba.
According to the foreign minister, an open search for ambassadors is an opportunity for the system to expand its horizons and an opportunity for “worthy candidates to try themselves there, where previously they could get only through closed institutional mechanisms.”
“For the first time in the history of Ukrainian diplomacy, I am opening the door for everyone to have an equal opportunity to try to become a strong manager, which the state needs so much in the world now. I note that the special focus now is on African countries. Applying to these countries automatically increases the chances,” the minister emphasized.
In addition, subject to equal professional performance, preference will be given to women.
“Simply because diplomacy has been unfair for many decades about women’s careers,” he added.
According to the minister, 21 countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, the South Caucasus and Southeast Asia are currently listed in the vacancies section.
