Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and ex-ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk may become Ukraine's ambassador to Brazil. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mr. Melnik was granted agrement (prior consent).

“The Government of Brazil is pleased to announce that it has granted Mr. Andriy Melnyk permission to the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Brazil,” the Latin American Foreign Ministry said in a statement..

Currently, Ukraine does not have an ambassador in Brazil.. Our interests are represented by Charge d'Affaires Anatoly Tkach.

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Recall that on May 10, Advisor to the President of Brazil on international affairs Celso Amorim visited Kyiv and met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Office of the President did not report on his visit, but it was previously announced by US Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Amorim was met at the station by Andrei Melnik, who noted that "

Recall that the President of Brazil Lula, during his visit to Portugal and Spain, changed his rhetoric towards Ukraine. If in early April he offered Ukraine to give Crimea to Russia, then at the end of the month in Madrid he said: “It is unacceptable for one country to invade another.”. At the same time, Lula continues to look for an alternative way to end the war in Ukraine..