“Zelenskyi commented on the call of the speaker of the US House of Representatives to release the ambassador of Ukraine. He also denied the connection of his visits to the USA with the election campaign.”, — write on: unn.ua
When asked if he plans to recall Markarov, Zelenskyy answered: “I am the President of Ukraine, and I can only talk about our ambassadors with the speaker of my country. That’s the Constitution.”
Therefore, according to Zelenskyi, he cannot talk about it with the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, with all due respect.
In addition, Zelenskyi said that US presidential candidate Donald Trump did not raise the topic of Zelenskyi’s trip to Pennsylvania to the defense plant with him.
He also noted that his visits to Pennsylvania and Utah were not related to the US elections.
Context
Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, accused Oksana Markarova of unreliability and inefficiency as a diplomat. He called on President Zelenskyi to dismiss her from the position of ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.
Markarova has been the ambassador of Ukraine to the United States since 2021.
Let’s add
In the USA, representatives of the Republican Party initiated an investigation into the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi to Pennsylvania, where he visited an arms factory.