Ron van Dartel, a Dutch diplomat and special envoy for Ukraine, is stepping down after less than three weeks in office over his scandalous remarks about Ukraine, AP said..

In early April, Minister of Foreign Trade Lis Schreinemacher appointed Van Dartel as Special Representative for Interaction and Reconstruction of Ukraine, and today it became known that he is resigning.

Van Dartel has extensive international experience. He was ambassador to Serbia, Poland and Russia. He was also the representative of the Netherlands to the OSCE in Vienna.

In an interview for Gerard Dilessen's book " We must not forget this.

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He also called international politicians "

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that these statements were made after the diplomat left the service in Russia, but before his appointment as a special envoy, however, they were published only now and the department was not informed about their content..

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the minister and the ministry were not aware of this interview, but said that "