9. PRESIDENT VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO APPOINTS OLEG SHAMSHUR TO BE UKRAINE'S AMBASSADOR TO USA

Ukrinform,
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday , December 20, 2005

KYIV - President Viktor Yushchenko appointed Oleh Shamshur, who was Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine since February 2004, Ukraine's Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the USA on Tuesday. Mr Shamshur worked with the Ukrainian Embassy in Benelux countries and chaired the EU department of the Foreign Ministry.

The Ukrainian President also appointed Rostyslav Tronenko Ukraine's Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Portugal and Yuriy Malko Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Romania. -30-