Ukraine appoints former finance minister as ambassador to US

Reuters , Thursday 25 Feb 2021

The ambassador should focus primarily on establishing an effective dialogue with the administration of the new President of the US

Oksana Markarova
Ukrainian Finance Minister Oksana Markarova attends a meeting at Presidential Administration headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine September 2, 2019. REUTERS

Ukraine's president has appointed former finance minister Oksana Markarova as the country's new ambassador to the United States, the presidential office said on Thursday.

"The president emphasized that the ambassador should focus primarily on establishing an effective dialogue with the administration of the new President of the United States of America Joe Biden," it said in a statement.

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