Deputy Head of President’s Office Roman Mashovets met with Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Larisa Galadza to discuss the security situation in our country, ways to further develop Ukrainian-Canadian cooperation in the field of security and defense .
Roman Mashovets informed about the violation by the Russian side of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the presence of additional Russian troops along the Ukrainian border, the strengthening of intelligence activities of the Russian Federation Russia. He noted that after the spring accumulation of troops and the holding of the Russian-Belarusian West-2021 strategic exercises, Russia left military equipment near Ukraine, creating opportunities for a rapid accumulation of its forces there. low.
The deputy chief of staff of the president thanked the Canadian side for its continued support in the fight against Russian aggression and the strengthening of Ukraine’s defense capacity.
The parties discussed means and practical measures regarding the further development of cooperation on the reform of the Ukrainian defense forces, improvement of personnel policy in the Ukrainian armed forces, the implementation of joint projects in the sector space, the provision in Canada of advice and material and technical assistance to our State. .
In turn, the Ambassador of Canada drew attention to the need to jointly study the issue of the continuation of the UNIFIER military training mission in Ukraine, to consolidate and coordinate the efforts of assistance to our country. , in collaboration with other NATO partners, as well as to further actively involve Ukrainian representatives in international security events held in Canada.
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