Ukraine’s new President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday nominated his envoy to negotiations with Russia on the implementation of an OSCE-drafted peace plan for the separatist east as the new foreign minister

Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday nominated his envoy to negotiations with Russia on the implementation of an OSCE-drafted peace plan for the separatist east as the new foreign minister.
  
Ukraine's parliament said the president's office had submitted Pavlo Klimkin's name for its approval on Wednesday morning. It is expected to vote on his candidacy later this week.
  
The 46-year-old will replace acting foreign minister Andriy Deshchytsya, who became embroiled in controversy over the weekend when he called Russian President Vladimir Putin "a prick" while trying to restrain protesters who attacked Moscow's embassy compound in Kiev.
  
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded by saying that he would not speak to Deshchytsya again.