“The post of Ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary remained vacant from July 2022”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Zelensky also appointed five more Ukrainian ambassadors, in particular, Petro Beshta, who was a diplomatic representative in Lithuania, was appointed ambassador to Slovenia. Diplomat Yevhen Tsymbalyuk was appointed permanent representative of Ukraine at the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva.
Discussions about Sandor’s possible appointment lasted more than a year, and in January of this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the appointment would be “just around the corner.”
The post of ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary remained vacant since July 2022 against the background of difficult relations between the states. In July 2022, Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Lyudmila Nepop from this position.
In March 2023, Hungarian journalists reported: Ukraine is considering Fedor Sandor for the post of ambassador to Budapest. He is a Ukrainian of Hungarian origin from Transcarpathia, better known as the “professor from the trenches”, he volunteered to go to war in February 2022.
On August 8, 2023, the President of Hungary, Katalin Novak, agreed to the appointment of a new ambassador of Ukraine. It took months for Novak to agree on the appointment of Uzhgorod National University professor, military officer Fedor Sandor as ambassador. It is not reported what caused the signing of the agreement now.