Ukraine’s parliament approved the new Cabinet of Ministers at the Dec. 2 evening session. For the first time in history, three portfolios were given to the nationals of Georgia, Lithuania and the U.S. who were granted Ukrainian citizenships by the president earlier on the same day.

“I’m strictly in favor of the idea that we have to accept the best foreign experience, of bringing the best representatives of partner states to our government,” President Petro Poroshenko said, speaking in parliament.