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Add as preferred source on GoogleZelenskiy discussed replacing the US envoy with Trump, considering candidates like Prime Minister Shmyhal. The conversation was termed productive by Zelenskiy.
(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed replacing the current ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, during his phone call with President Donald Trump on Friday, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The country's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is on a list of potential candidates to become Kyiv's envoy to Washington, alongside Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Energy Minister German Galushchenko, the report said, citing an unnamed source.
Zelenskiy had said on Saturday that his conversation with Trump last week was the best and "most productive" he has had to date, adding that the two leaders had discussed "several other important matters."
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours. Reuters could not immediately verify the Bloomberg report.
(Reporting by Dheeraj Kumar in Bengaluru, Editing by William Maclean and Bernadette Baum)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed replacing the current ambassador to the U.S. with President Donald Trump.
The potential candidates include Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna, and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
Zelenskiy described the conversation as the best and 'most productive' he has had to date.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
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