Speech by the OPCW Deputy Director-General to the Opening Session of the European Youth Parliament Meeting in The Hague

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, April 7th, appointed former prosecutor general Andrei Kostin as Ukraine's ambassador to the Netherlands, as well as Ukraine's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

The President stated that the official must bear “political responsibility” after the scandal with fake injuries of prosecutors

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky led and appointed several Ukrainian ambassadors. Today, April 7, he signed a number of corresponding decrees. Most of the designated ZN.UA was announced in December last year. As stated at the official meeting of the head of state, Andrei Melnyk was deprived of the duties of the First and Full Time Ambassador of Ukraine to the Federal Republic of Brazil. He became a staunch representative of Ukraine to the …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed former Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the relevant decrees of Zelensky. By his decree of April 7, number 212, Zelensky sent Kostin to the Netherlands. "To appoint Kostin Andriy Yevgenievich as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipot…

Andriy Kostin. Photo: UNIAN On April 7, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky appointed former Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. This is stated in presidential decrees No. 212/2025 and No. 213/2025. Recall that Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Andriy Kostin as Prosecutor General from July 28, 2022. Andriy Kostin resigned in Oct…

Speech by the OPCW Deputy Director-General to the Opening Session of the European Youth Parliament Meeting in The Hague

Speech by the OPCW Deputy Director-General to the Opening Session of the European Youth Parliament Meeting in The Hague idimidi Mon 07/04/2025 - 17:44 Distinguished delegates and guests, I address you today as the Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. This is not a role I could have conceived of when I embarked on my career close to 40 years ago. As a young woman joining my country’s foreign servic…