“According to the agency, Zelensky instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss with the American side the appointment of the next ambassador”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the agency’s interlocutor, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmigal, Justice Minister Olga Stefanyshyn, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko include the list of potential candidates for this position.
The Bloomberg source also said that Zelensky instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss with the American side of the next ambassador.
Discussions about the replacement of the ambassador take place at a delicate moment in Ukraine’s relations with the United States. Last week, the Trump administration suspended the transfer of some weapons to Ukraine.
Former Finance Minister Oksana Markarova has been holding the position of Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States since February 2021.
At the end of September, the speaker of the House of Congress representatives Mike Johnson, who represents the Republican Party, demanded to release Markarov. It happened after it organized for President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky a visit to the American ammunition factory in Pennsylvania. Only Democrats were present during that visit
In January, a representative of the Republican Party Donald Trump returned to the White House.