Poland wants allies to keep taking Ukraine war seriously, Canada ambassador says – National | 24CA News
Canada’s ambassador to Poland says the nation needs allies to “remain engaged” within the Ukrainian warfare in opposition to Russia that has been raging close to its border for 2 years.
Speaking from Warsaw on the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Catherine Godin stated Poland could be very grateful for the help it has obtained in its efforts to assist.
“Poland is asking countries in general to remain engaged,” she instructed reporters Saturday. “The population in Poland is very much in support of continued engagement, continued support of Ukraine.”
Her feedback comply with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unannounced go to to Ukraine to indicate solidarity with the embattled nation, the place he pledged extra army and monetary assist and long-term help.
Godin says Poland and Canada’s shut army relationship is “really excellent,” having labored collectively to ship assist and practice 30 thousand troops. There are about 200 Canadian troopers nonetheless in Poland, she says.
Poland has additionally expressed appreciation for Canada’s function in guarding NATO’s jap flank in Latvia, in accordance with Godin.
Between March 2022 and Jan. 27, 2024, Canada welcomed 221,231 Ukrainians to stay, work and research till it’s secure for them to return to their dwelling nation.
1 / 4 of respondents in a Leger survey performed final weekend stated Canada ought to enhance the army help it sends to Ukraine. In comparability, 20 per cent shared that opinion in an analogous survey in October 2023.
As for the way a lot cash Canada spends to help the warfare effort, 38 per cent of survey respondents stated Canada ought to keep the identical stage of spending, whereas 31 per cent stated the federal government ought to spend much less. Only 16 per cent stated Canada ought to spend extra money to assist Ukraine.
Earlier this week, Defence Minister Bill Blair introduced Canada will dispatch greater than 800 drones to Ukraine beginning as early as this spring. The $95-million donation is a part of a beforehand introduced $500-million army assist bundle for Ukraine.
With experiences of help for Ukraine waning in different Western nations, Godin urges allies to proceed taking the warfare critically.
“It’s not going away, the suffering of the Ukrainian people is not going away,” she stated.
Godin additionally addressed the continuing protests by Polish farmers, who say the market has been flooded by low cost, low high quality agricultural merchandise from Ukraine.
Farmers within the southeastern village of Dorohusk, proper on the border with Ukraine, have reportedly blocked entry to supply checkpoints to forestall the merchandise from coming into Poland.
Godin says Polish authorities know the protests are “an issue,” and they’re “working on it.”
“It’s an ongoing thing that they need to resolve and they want to resolve it, but obviously it’s… a challenge that they’re facing right now,” she stated.
— with recordsdata from Global News’ Abigail Bimman and The Canadian Press
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