Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has suggested that a possible reshuffle in the government will not affect Ukraine's relations with its partners.
He said this at a joint press conference with his Portuguese counterpart, João Gomes Cravinho, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"I don't think any changes in the government can affect our relations with our partners, because our partners respect the president's authority to make the decisions I mentioned. This is a sovereign constitutionally guaranteed right of the president of Ukraine," he said.
"We can discuss tactics internally, but we are all united around our strategic goal - the defeat of Russia in Ukraine and the restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty," he noted.
He recalled that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the constitution and has "full constitutional right to make decisions that he considers necessary to ensure the effectiveness of governance and achieve the strategic goal that I have described".
Kuleba also commented on the possibility of his dismissal from the Foreign Ministry.
"I see two reasons why I may leave the office. The first is if the president asks me to do so because he offered me the job and I think it's fair that if he wants to see someone else as foreign minister, I will accept it. And the second reason is if I disagree with the way foreign policy is defined and implemented. Neither of these two reasons is currently the case. So I continue to work," the minister said.
In an interview with Italian TV channel Rai 1, President Zelenskyy said he was thinking about replacing a number of senior state officials.
Earlier, it was reported that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, might be replaced.