Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made a number of appointments among Ukrainian diplomats on Friday.

In particular, Poroshenko appointed Anatoliy Scherba as Ukrainian ambassador to Spain, and Ukraine's Consul General to Istanbul Vasyl Bodnar as the country's representative to the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, reads a report posted on the Ukrainian president's website.

In addition, the president signed a decree dismissing Teofil Bauer from the post of Ukrainian ambassador to Romania.