US State Department comments on Kuleba's resignation

The United States highly praised Dmytro Kuleba's work as head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. In particular, they noted that he was an important partner of the United States in traveling around the world to increase support for Ukraine among other countries.

This was stated by Matthew Miller during a briefing, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing a briefing by the US State Department spokesman.

A journalist asked Matthew Miller how he felt about the changes in the Ukrainian government that are currently taking place.

The American official noted that it would be inappropriate for him to give personal assessments of such decisions. However, he did say that U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had called Dmytro Kuleba to express how much he had enjoyed working with him over the past few years.

“Foreign Minister Kuleba has been an extraordinary partner of the United States in our work in support of Ukraine... in the fight against Russian aggression, and in the work we've done to mobilize diplomatic support,” Miller said.

He noted that in a sense, Foreign Minister Kuleba was the main partner of the United States in traveling around the world to gain diplomatic support for Ukraine, as well as to hold Russia accountable.

According to Miller, Blinken and Kuleba always raised the issue of providing Ukraine with air defense and other defense equipment first in meetings with other countries. He also noted that the two, while working together, tried to figure out how to solve very specific problems facing Ukraine, which continues to fight Russian aggression.

Miller also added that Blinken expressed his great gratitude and friendship to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba, and that he was already looking forward to working with his deputy.

Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 05/09/2024