Berlin agreed with the candidacy of the new Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany - Oleksiy Makeev, who will replace Andriy Melnyk. Reported by Welt am Sonntag and Spiegel.

According to media reports, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier agreed to the appointment of Makeev as Ambassador.

Alexey Makeev has been in the diplomatic service since 1996. Worked in the Ukrainian diplomatic missions of Switzerland and Germany. From 2014 to 2020, Makeev headed the political department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. In May 2020, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba appointed Makeev to the position of Special Representative of the Foreign Ministry for Sanctions Policy..

“Makeev, like Melnik, is fluent in German - and, like Melnik, he already knows how to put forward demands. During the debate over visas for Russians, Makeev said: "

“Perhaps my successor would like to be more pleasant, to act more calmly, as all diplomats would like and as their work actually requires.. But in the end, my successor will have no choice but to defend our interests with a strong and clear voice,” Melnik said in an interview with Spiegel in August..

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Andriy Melnyk was Ukraine's ambassador to Germany for almost eight years, although ambassadors usually hold positions for no more than four. On July 9, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree dismissing Melnyk.

Earlier it was reported that a faction of the pro-Russian right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany in the Bundestag filed a proposal to recognize Melnik persona non grata for "

In particular, the deputies decided to recall how Melnik called Chancellor Olaf Scholz "