President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Olha Stefanyshyna as the presidential commissioner for the development of cooperation with the United States.
Zelensky reported this on Telegram.
"In this status, Olha will work to maintain momentum in relations with America while all the proper procedures for approving her candidacy for the position of Ukraineʼs ambassador to the United States with Washington are ongoing," he added.
Stefanishyna has been the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine since 2020. And in 2024, she also became the Minister of Justice and held this position until the resignation of the government on July 16.
- The current Ukrainian ambassador to the United States is Oksana Markarova. In September 2024, Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson called on Zelensky to fire her, accusing the ambassador of alleged unreliability and ineffectiveness as a diplomat. At that time, Volodymyr Zelensky refused to discuss Markarovaʼs dismissal with Speaker Johnson.
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