In May 1916, European powers ratified the Asia Minor Agreement, better known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, to partition the collapsing Ottoman Empire between British, French and Russian spheres of influence.
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Kirsti Helena Kauppi became ambassador of Finland to the United States on Sept. 17, 2015, having previously served as director general of the Political Department at the Ministry for Foreign
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Valeriy Chaly became ambassador of Ukraine to the United States on Aug. 3, 2015. In June 2014, Ambassador Chaly was appointed deputy head of the administration of President Petro Poroshenko
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