Zelensky hopes Department of State will appoint envoy for Donbas, Crimea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he hopes that the U.S. Department of State will appoint an envoy for Donbas and Crimea.

He said this at a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Kyiv on Friday, January 31, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"Today, I expressed hope that the United States of America will be more actively involved in the processes of peaceful settlement in eastern Ukraine and de-occupation of Crimea through the appointment of a separate State Department official in charge of these issues," Zelensky said.

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