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d Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, has resigned from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation. A U.S. official says Volker told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, of his decision to leave the job. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) License this photo Read More 3 of 3 | This screen shot from the Burisma Group website, shows Kurt Volker, left, and Vadym Pozharskyi during a Sept. 2018 meeting in New York. (AP Photo) License this photo Read More Trump diplomat met with adviser for targeted Ukraine firm 1 of 3 | FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker speaks during the 15th Yalta European Strategy (YES) annual meeting entitled “The next generation of everything” at the Mystetsky Arsenal Art Center in Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) License this photo Read More 1 of 3 FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker speaks during the 15th Yalta European Strategy (YES) annual meeting entitled “The next generation of everything” at the Mystetsky Arsenal Art Center in Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) --> Add AP News on Go --- r Vice President Joe Biden’s son to serve on its board. The meeting took place even as Trump’s private lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was pressing Ukraine’s government to investigate the company and the Bidens’ involvement with it. Kurt Volker, who abruptly resigned his post as U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations last week, met in late September 2018 in New York with Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to the board of directors of Burisma Group, the Ukrainian firm that had hired Hunter Biden as a director in 2014. Their encounter on the sidelines of a think tank event was confirmed by several others who attended the event, as well as by an account and photo of the two men together posted on Burisma’s website. The event was organized by the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based foreign policy think tank. The Sept. 24, 2018, encounter between Volker and Pozharskyi highlights the dissonance between Giuliani’s assertions on Twitter that Burisma was a “corrupt company” and demands that the Bidens’ role be investigated, and the envoy’s efforts to conduct day-to-day relations with Ukraine’s government and corporate interests. On Thursday, Volker is expected to voluntarily give a depositi --- th us AP News Values and Principles AP’s Role in Elections AP Leads AP Definitive Source Blog AP Images Spotlight Blog Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Trump diplomat met with adviser for targeted Ukraine firm Trump diplomat met with adviser for targeted Ukraine firm 1 of 3 | FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker speaks during the 15th Yalta European Strategy (YES) annual meeting entitled “The next generation of everything” at the Mystetsky Arsenal Art Center in Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) License this photo Read More 2 of 3 | FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker attends the 15th Yalta European Strategy (YES) annual meeting entitled “The next generation of everything” at the Mystetsky Arsenal Art Center in Kiev, Ukraine. Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, has resigned from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation. A U.S. official says Volker told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, S --- e middle of a whistleblower complaint over President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, has resigned from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation. A U.S. official says Volker told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, of his decision to leave the job. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) License this photo Read More 3 of 3 | This screen shot from the Burisma Group website, shows Kurt Volker, left, and Vadym Pozharskyi during a Sept. 2018 meeting in New York. (AP Photo) License this photo Read More Trump diplomat met with adviser for targeted Ukraine firm 1 of 3 | FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker speaks during the 15th Yalta European Strategy (YES) annual meeting entitled “The next generation of everything” at the Mystetsky Arsenal Art Center in Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) License this photo Read More 1 of 3 FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker speaks during the 15th Yalta European Strategy (YES) annual meeting entitled “The next generation of everything” at the Mystetsky Arsenal Art Center in Kiev