Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Ukrainian Ambassador to Belgium Mykola Tochytsky as ambassador with concurrent accreditation to Luxembourg.

This is stipulated in presidential order No. 473, which was signed by Poroshenko on Monday, an announcement on the presidential website said.

As was reported, Poroshenko appointed Tochytsky as ambassador to Belgium on February 4, 2016. Tochytsky was simultaneously appointed Ukraine's envoy to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom).

Prior to his appointment, he worked as permanent representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe.