[8] Rohovei was awarded Ukraine's Order of Merit in the "3rd class" rank on 28 December 2022 "for his important personal contribution to the development of interstate cooperation, fruitful diplomatic activity and high professionalism".

[10] As representative of Ukraine, Rohovei met with de facto President of Transnistria Vadim Krasnoselsky and Transnistrian foreign minister Vitaly Ignatiev [ru].

[12] According to Moldova 1, the national Moldovan TV channel, Rohovei "is actively involved in efforts to solve the Transnistrian conflict", and he advocated for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria.

Zelenskyy had already announced on late March that Oleksiy Danilov, the former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, would replace Shevchenko, but Rohovei's appointment indicated that this did not occur.

[15] According to the Moldovan political analyst Ion Tăbârță, the appointment of a diplomat as experienced as Rohovei in "the realities in the Republic of Moldova" and in Moldovan–Ukrainian relations showed that Ukraine wanted stability in the region.