Lecture by Mr. Oleksandr Dzoma, Deputy Director of the Department of State Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

On November 3, 2025, with the assistance of the Department of International Organizations and the Diplomatic Service of the National Institute of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, a practical-oriented professional meeting was held with Mr. Oleksandr DZYOMA, Deputy Director of the Department of State Protocol - Head of the Department of Reception of Official Delegations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. This master class was held with students of the 1st year of higher education of the "Master's" OP "Diplomacy and International Cooperation" in the format of the academic discipline "Theory and Practice of Diplomacy" (Viktor MATVIENKO, Viacheslav TSIVATYI). Topic of the master class: "Establishment of diplomatic relations between states and the procedure for awarding credentials." 

The lecture was devoted to the establishment of diplomatic relations between states and the process of opening diplomatic missions of foreign states in Ukraine. The lecturer described in detail the main stages during the opening of the newly established diplomatic representation of a foreign state in Ukraine. Oleksandr DZYOMA presented the stages of institutionalization of relations between states in the audience, in particular - agreement, exchange of ambassadors, presentation of credentials (revocation documents), diplomatic and information activities of ambassadors in the host country. Also, the original documents of faith and letters of revocation were demonstrated, with which students of higher education got to know in person ("touched the unique documents with their own hands"). The lecturer drew the attention of those present to such important aspects as the appointment and recall of the head and members of the diplomatic mission, the arrival of the head of the mission to the host country, the handing over of copies and originals of credentials. Of particular interest and value to students during the discussion was the lecturer's twenty-year practical experience in the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and during his long-term business trips abroad (the Kingdom of Spain, Latin American countries, etc.), especially in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine.

The lecture was made possible thanks to the long-term practice of cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, within the framework of which diplomats-practitioners join the teaching of academic disciplines. In this way, students receive invaluable knowledge and practical skills in the field of practical diplomacy in order to be better prepared for their future profession.

The students of higher education thanked Mr. Oleksandr DZYOMA with thunderous applause for an interesting lecture, and received comprehensive answers to all their questions.

See you again at the Center for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the National Institute of Foreign Studies, which functions under the Department of International Organizations and Diplomatic Service!