The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine introduced a new structure that corresponds to the realities of war and the best European and world diplomatic practices. This was announced by the head of the department Andrei Sibiga on Facebook on Tuesday, July 8.
He recalled that last year President Vladimir Zelensky determined one of the priorities of the Foreign Ministry reform and strengthen diplomacy.
" Today I am glad to report that after a long preparatory work, we resumed the practice of holding the board and at its first meeting approved the new structure of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, ”the minister wrote.
Sibiga assured: " But this is also the structure of the country's Foreign Ministry in the war. Countries that fights for its life, freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity "
So, according to him, now in the structure of the Foreign Ministry will be the Department of International Security and Defense of Ukraine.
Among the regional departments in the Foreign Ministry will now be the first and second European, departments of Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific Ocean, the Middle East and North Africa, Africa and regional African organizations.
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The Office of the United States and Canada will be separated from the Department of Latin America and the Caribbean, since this is a "
The functional distribution of deputies is introduced. From now on, the Foreign Ministry will be the first deputy, who oversees the most responsible areas, Deputy Minister for European Policy, Deputy Minister for International Security, Deputy Minister for Global Affairs and Public Diplomacy, Deputy Minister - CDTO for digitalization.
" The Middle East and North Africa (the so -called Mena region) are " This is correct and from the point of view of the load (together these two groups are more than 70 countries), and from the point of view of the correct distribution to the Arabic and African countries, ”Sibiga emphasized.
He also said that from now on there will be some new separate administrations, in particular the Office of unfriendly countries.
" Here we are not talking about bilateral relations, but about countering threats. Ukraine is defending from full -scale aggression, and our policy should give priority to neutralize threats. This will be supervised by the first deputy, ”said Sybiga.
Central Asia will be allocated in a separate management, which indicates special attention.
" A long -haired decision. The issues of sanctions were " The creation of a separate structural unit will consolidate processes and increase the effectiveness of sanctions work. Now there are many tasks both to strengthen the pressure and in coordination of elements of different packages, synchronization, analysis of compliance with sanctions modes, closing the ways of bypass, etc.. A critical function for the country in the war, ”the minister explained.
According to him, the Department of Economic Diplomacy and Restoration will be engaged not only in the discovery of new markets and the assistance of Ukrainian exporters and attracting investments, but also by the processes of attracting international support in the restoration of Ukraine.
“In our realities, these are inextricable processes,” Sibiga emphasized.
" This is a certificate of priority of our path to joining the Alliance. Earlier, integration in the EU and NATO was combined into one EU and NATO Department, the so -called " Now we will have the Department of the European Union and NATO Office. The Department will work on the direct entry of Ukraine to the EU. NATO Office will add a new impetus for our integration on the way to full membership in the Alliance, ”the minister said.
Sibiga separately dwelled on the issue of Ukrainians abroad.
" This is evidence of the important role and priority of the development of ties and interaction with the global Ukrainian community, ”he wrote.
According to the Minister, the Department of International Law and International Anti-Law Anti-Aggression will be engaged in the prosecution of Russia and Russians accountable for committed atrocities. The HR service will be called the personnel department and will be focused primarily on attracting new personnel and creating motivation.
" Udovenka, which we plan to turn into a full -fledged higher educational institution. Separate units such as the department of cybersplomatia and the innovation and artificial intelligence sector will also appear, ”the minister said.
" Everyone who worked or works at the Foreign Ministry knows the sacred value of the “codes” 1td, 2TD, 3TD, 4TD, 5TD... They are close to the heart of everyone who is “in the topic”, but in fact this division was inherited from Soviet times. They exist in the Russian Foreign Ministry. In European foreign policy departments, departments are called substantially, according to the names of the regions. Now it will be so with us - we switch to the European tradition, ”Sibiga noted.
The minister emphasized that all these decisions are the result of careful and systemic work.
" We are talking about the effective distribution of functions, a clear distribution of resources, the correct priorities and bringing the structure to the best European and world practices. I am grateful to my team for preparing these important transformations.
Ukrainian wartime diplomacy will rely on a new and effective structure and quality of work for the sake of achieving results for the country, ”the Foreign Minister summed up.
Earlier, Sibiga said that Ukraine is preparing a “month of pressure” for Russia. The diplomatic system of Ukraine mobilizes all efforts on the eve of important events, the Foreign Minister emphasized.
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