Canada aims to heed a new call from Ukraine to help it sell a peace plan with Russia to developing countries who have taken a neutral stance on Moscow91裸聊视频檚 invasion.
Ottawa says it is gearing up for a diplomatic push on multiple continents, to get the world to endorse Kyiv91裸聊视频檚 vision of an end to the war, through a plan that includes a full restoration of all Ukraine91裸聊视频檚 territory and a war-crimes tribunal.
91裸聊视频淐anada has the diplomatic muscle to achieve the task of gathering a broad coalition in support of the peace formula,91裸聊视频� Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday.
He was speaking in a video presented at a closed-door breakfast meeting of foreign ambassadors, to which The Canadian Press was invited.
Kuleba is also asking Ottawa to increase its anti-landmine support and extend military funding beyond the next year.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e talking, among other things, about putting down on paper a multi-year military support program,91裸聊视频� Kuleba said.
91裸聊视频淎nd given the scale of mine contamination, we kindly ask you provide more assistance in this field.91裸聊视频�
His comments came at a meeting Canada91裸聊视频檚 Foreign Affairs Minister M茅lanie Joly convened to mark Ukraine91裸聊视频檚 independence day, which featured Ukrainian ambassador to Canada Yuliya Kovaliv.
91裸聊视频淚t is essential that we strengthen and rebuild Ukraine to make sure that Russia will not try to invade again,91裸聊视频� Joly told foreign ambassadors gathered at Global Affairs Canada headquarters.
91裸聊视频淲e will be supporting the peace plan. We will bring also 91裸聊视频� through our diplomatic corps in all the capitals we91裸聊视频檙e present in 91裸聊视频� our way to bring many countries along,91裸聊视频� she said.
Joly argued Russia91裸聊视频檚 invasion is to blame for sending food costs spiralling across the globe. She noted that has only gotten worse with Moscow pulling out of a deal to allow grain shipments from Ukraine.
91裸聊视频淲hat we91裸聊视频檙e talking about is how can we prevent this becoming an international conflict, and so there91裸聊视频檚 a lot at stake here,91裸聊视频� she said, while demanding accountability for Russia.
The breakfast was attended by the top envoys for multiple European countries, as well as states that haven91裸聊视频檛 outright condemned Russia for the invasion, such as India, South Africa and Nigeria.
The majority of the world91裸聊视频檚 population lives in countries that have opted against outright condemning Russia for the invasion, for reasons ranging from trade ties with Russia, to a focus on issues outside Europe, to a desire to maintain good relations with Washington, Moscow and Beijing.
Still, G7 countries such as Canada say the conflict is integral to maintaining the United Nations charter, and the club of some of the world91裸聊视频檚 richest countries came together last month to offer Ukraine a set of long-term security guarantees. Joly said Ottawa would reveal more in the coming days, but she seemed open to Ukraine91裸聊视频檚 call for a long-term military commitment.
91裸聊视频淲e know that Russia can always leave, can rearm and reinvade. So we want to make sure that the commitment we91裸聊视频檝e shown is long-lasting,91裸聊视频� she said.
91裸聊视频淲e know that arming Ukraine is the best way to get to a peaceful solution. I must say as a progressive, I never thought that arming a country was the best way to peace.91裸聊视频�
Kovaliv told her fellow foreign ambassadors that countries stand to gain from assisting in the financing of Ukraine91裸聊视频檚 eventual rebuilding, particularly if it91裸聊视频檚 financed by Russian assets. She said that could stimulate jobs across the world and make up for foreign property damaged in Ukraine.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 for the business of many of your countries who suffered,91裸聊视频� she said.
Later Thursday, Joly announced the appointment of a new Canadian ambassador to Ukraine.
Natalka Cmoc speaks Ukrainian and has had postings in the country, from human rights to security programming, though her last eight years have been in unrelated roles in federal departments.
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