“During a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the issue of replacing the current Ukrainian ambassador in Washington Oksana Markarova on July 4. Source: Bloomberg, with reference to a source known to this issue, “European Truth” details: According to the unnamed interlocutor of the agency, the list of potential candidates for the post of ambassador in Washington includes Prime Minister Denis Schmigal, Viceremierk Olga Stephaniers, Minister”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Bloomberg with reference to a source aware of this issue, “European Truth”
Details: According to the unnamed interlocutor of the agency, the list of potential candidates for the post of ambassador in Washington includes Prime Minister Denis Shmigal, Viceremierk Olga Stefanyshyn, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko.
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Zelensky instructed the Foreign Ministry to discuss with the American side of the appointment of a new ambassador of Ukraine, the source said.
Prehistory:
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on July 4.
- In June, the Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga reported that President Zelensky had already made “certain personnel decisions” to change the heads of some foreign institutions – they are expected in July.
- In September 2024, a scandal broke out around the post of Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the United States in the midst of the Presidential Election Campaign. At that time, the speaker of the US House, Mike Johnson, demanded the liberation of Oksana Markarova from the post of ambassador, stating that she was organizing an event, at which there was “no Republican”. Johnson also stated that Republicans lost their confidence in the ability of Ambassador Markarova to honestly and effectively perform diplomatic functions in the United States.
- In response, Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to discuss the release of Markarova.
- Markarova has been a ambassador to the United States since February 25, 2021 – that is, more than four years. The cadence of Ukrainian ambassadors abroad lasts about 3-5 years.