Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство закордонних справ України, romanized: Ministerstvo zakordonnych sprav Ukrainy [mʲinʲiˈstɛrstwɔ zɐkɔrˈdɔnːex sprau̯ ʊkrɐˈjine]) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine.

The first Soviet representatives were not of much note until the appointment of the Bulgarian native Christian Rakovsky in 1919.

The building of the ministry is also located on the Mykhailivska Square, named for the monastery and next to the park Volodymyrska Hill.

The National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO was created as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Presidential decree #212/1996 on March 26, 1996.

[6] The permanent representative of Ukraine to UNESCO is the Ambassador to France Kostiantyn Tymoshenko.

The ministry's main building in Kyiv
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia before the two joined with Russian and European Union officials about Ukraine in Geneva , Switzerland , on April 17, 2014.