Klimkin, Poltorak retain posts of foreign and defense ministers

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 10:24 (EET) Section: Latest news

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has approved Stepan Poltorak as Ukraine’s defense minister.
A total of 347 MPs voted for this decision on Tuesday.
Pavlo Klimkin was approved as Ukraine’s foreign minister.
A total of 351 lawmakers supported this decision.
Poltorak’s and Klimkin’s nominations were earlier submitted by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.