Poroshenko appoints Ukraine's envoy on Transnistrian settlement

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Viktor Kryzhanivsky as Ukraine's special representative for the Transnistrian settlement.

The decree to that effect has been posted on the website of the head of state.

Ukraine is a participant in the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict in the 5+2 format (Moldova, Transnistria, Russia, Ukraine, OSCE and observers from the European Union and the United States).

From 2008 to 2010, Kryzhanivsky served as Ukraine's special representative for the Transnistrian conflict settlement and worked as Ukraine's ambassador to Estonia.

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