Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has appointed Nestor Shufrych deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
A relevant decree was signed and posted on the president’s Web site on July 9.
The Verkhovna Rada registered a draft resolution initiated by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on relieving Shufrych of his ministerial duties earlier on Friday.
The prime minister asked the deputies in his letter to relieve Shufrych of the ministerial position due to plans to transfer him to a new job.
