not the main thing: the Foreign Ministry explained why politicians and generals are appointed ambassadors – UNIAN

Appointing people without diplomatic experience as ambassadors is a common practice around the world. This was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, commenting on criticism of political appointments to ambassadorial positions of those individuals who are not career diplomats.

“Firstly, Ukraine does not have the highest percentage of political appointees. If you look at American diplomacy, this percentage is much higher there, and in general it is normal practice, indeed, to fill ambassadorial positions with political appointments, if people are able to cope with this work…