Andriy Melnyk turns into Ukraine’s UN ambassador | EUROtoday

The former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, will characterize his nation on the United Nations in New York. Melnyk confirmed this on Saturday to WELT. “I’m really looking forward to this new big challenge,” mentioned the diplomat. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj introduced the choice in his day by day video message.

The UN should “play a stronger role to end the Russian war of aggression and achieve a just peace for Ukraine including security guarantees,” Melnyk informed the “Editorial Network Germany”. He will work on this in New York “side by side with our German friends and allies.” Referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Melnyk mentioned: “In this context, the Federal Republic has a crucial role to play in forcing Putin to stop his barbaric campaign.”

During his time as ambassador in Berlin, Melnyk was controversial due to his harsh criticism of the visitors gentle coalition and what he noticed because the gradual supply of weapons. In October 2022 he moved to Kiev, the place he turned Deputy Foreign Minister.

In June 2023 he turned Ukraine’s ambassador to Brazil, from the place he’s now shifting to New York. He just lately sharply criticized the memoirs of former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and described her autobiography as an “embarrassing example of self-congratulation”.