The new ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria – Olesya Ilashuk, who caused more than mixed reactions from politicians and has been criticised for her lack of diplomatic experience, was sworn in and presented with her diplomatic credentials to Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.
At the end of last year, the media in Kyiv came out with a number of critical publications about the new ambassador. “Европейска правда” came out with the headline that she is “a sexologist with no experience in diplomacy“.
A sexologist with no experience in diplomacy
The publication notes that in the past Olesya Ilashuk presented herself as a “clinical psychologist, systemic family therapist, gestalt therapist, sexologist-consultant” as well as a “specialist in the processing of precious stones.”
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responded to the media in Kyiv that Ilashuk holds a diploma with honors in Local Studies from the Department of International Relations at the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations of Chernivtsi National University. In addition, she was qualified as a specialist in international relations, a translator and fluent in English.
At some subsequent stage, there were versions that Ilashuk would not be sent to Bulgaria after all, but these assumptions were not justified.
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