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Zelenskyy Launches Major Diplomatic Reshuffle With 16 New Appointments
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed new ambassadors to 16 countries during a diplomatic reshuffle, according to the presidential website on July 21.
The move also included new envoys to several international organizations.
Under a series of presidential decrees, Zelenskyy dismissed Ukraine’s ambassadors to South Africa, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Estonia, Italy, Cyprus, South Korea, Mongolia, Sweden, Kenya, Tanzania, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.
New appointments include:
🇩🇿 Algeria – Oleksandr Voronin;
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates and representative of Ukraine to the International Renewable Energy Agency – Oleksandr Balanutsa;
🇿🇦 South Africa – Oleksandr Shcherba;
🇰🇪 Kenya, UNEP and UN-Habitat organizations – Yuriy Tokar;
🇰🇼 Kuwait – Maksym Subkh;
🇪🇸 Spain – Yuliya Sokolovska;
🇨🇦 Canada – Andrii Plakhotnyuk;
🇲🇽 Mexico – Sergiy Pohoreltsev;
🇴🇲 Oman – Olha Selykh;
🇨🇾 Cyprus – Sergiy Nizhynskyy;
🇲🇾 Malaysia – Hennadiy Nedolenko;
🇧🇪 Belgium – Yaroslav Melnyk;
🇦🇴 Angola – Andrii Kasyanov;
🇯🇵 Japan – Yuriy Lutovinov;
🇪🇪 Estonia – Volodymyr Boiechko;
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – Volodymyr Bachynskyy.
The reshuffle coincided with a major ambassadors’ conference in Kyiv titled “From the Power of Diplomacy to the Diplomacy of Power.”
Zelenskyy also outlined three key diplomatic priorities moving forward: securing more military aid from partners, advancing the reconstruction of Ukraine, and strengthening sanctions against Russia.
Earlier, Zelenskyy presented a vision for Ukraine’s defense and economic future, placing domestic weapons production and regulatory reform at the center of his proposed government reshuffle.
“We will definitely continue expanding our own weapons production and developing all of our defense projects—both Ukrainian and joint with partners,” Zelenskyy said. “This is one of the key priorities for the renewed government.”
