Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has announced that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made decisions regarding changes in the leadership of certain foreign ministry bodies and that the ministry is preparing for structural reform.

Source : Sybiha during the national joint 24/7 newscast on Saturday 21 June, as reported by European Pravda

Details : Sybiha said that personnel decisions are expected before a meeting of ambassadors, which is scheduled for the end of July.

Quote : "The geopolitical situation requires the diplomatic service to find new approaches that are adapted to the realities and arguments. Therefore, the president has made certain personnel decisions regarding the heads of some foreign ministry institutions, because the yardstick is very simple: results."

Details : Sybiha explained that the heads of Ukrainian diplomatic missions are expected to deliver results in the form of military packages for Ukraine, mobilisation of humanitarian and economic aid and support for Ukrainians abroad.

"All this, in fact, measures the effectiveness of a particular head of a foreign ministry institution," he said. "Therefore, ahead of the ambassadors’ meeting approved by the president of Ukraine, appropriate personnel decisions will be made to strengthen Ukraine’s diplomatic service."

According to Sybiha, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is preparing for structural reform aimed at adapting it to modern security challenges.

He said that one of the key steps will be the elimination of the disarmament department.

"It is abnormal that since the beginning of our state’s independence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has had a disarmament department. There will no longer be such a department in the ministry," Sybiha said.

Instead, new units will be established within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to focus on strengthening the country’s defence capabilities.

"There will be departments that will work to strengthen our defence capabilities," the minister emphasised.

Sybiha expressed hope that the updated structure of the ministry will be approved as soon as possible. He said that it will respond to the scale of modern challenges, take into account the best international diplomatic practices and contribute to improving the effectiveness of Ukraine's foreign policy.

It is worth noting that earlier, the Foreign Ministry considered the possibility of creating a NATO department.

Background : On 21 June, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a number of decisions in response to recent remarks by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, in which he laid claim to the entire territory of Ukraine. The response includes personnel changes in the diplomatic corps and adjustments to institutional management.

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