Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered appointed Ukrainian diplomat Yuriy Diudin, Ambassador to Argentina, as ambassador to a number of South American states as well

"To appoint ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Argentina Yuriy Diudin as an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Paraguay concurrently," reads the order which was posted on the president's website on Tuesday.

Similar orders on Diudin's appointment as ambassador to Uruguay and Chile were also posted on the president's website.