Ukraine is asking on Canada to assist it promote a peace plan with Russia to growing international locations who’ve taken a impartial stance on Moscow’s invasion.
Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba needs Canada to make use of its “diplomatic muscle” to encourage international locations past Europe and its allies to assist a peace plan.
In a video introduced at a closed-door assembly of international ambassadors, to which The Canadian Press was invited, Kuleba additionally asks Ottawa to extend its anti-mining assist.
In addition, Kuleba seeks “a multi-year military support program” from Ottawa, one month after Canada and different G7 international locations supplied Ukraine a set of safety ensures.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, left, and Ukrainian ambassador to Canada Yuliya Kovaliv participate in an occasion to mark Ukraine Independence Day in Ottawa on Thursday, August 24, 2023.
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Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly convened the assembly, and instructed international diplomats that Moscow’s demand for a ceasefire will solely permit Russia to invade the nation once more.
Joly says each nation has a stake in sustaining the United Nations constitution and ending Russia’s struggle, which has despatched meals prices spiralling.
