Prime Minister of Canada Justin trudeau and the Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky On the sidelines of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a meeting was held, during which they discussed the situation in Ukraine and the relations between the two countries. This was announced on November 2 by the press service of the head of the Canadian government.
“Prime Minister Trudeau reaffirmed Canada’s continued support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The leaders of the two countries discussed the prospects for mediation efforts under the “Normandy Format” (Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine) to protect and promote peace and security in Ukraine. They also touched on the subject of Ukraine’s aspirations to become a member of NATO, ”the statement said.
Also, Trudeau and Zelensky discussed bilateral relations between Canada and Ukraine, the situation around the pandemic and the issues of climate change.
In September, Zelensky following talks in the United States with the American leader Joe biden said he was giving Biden options to include the United States in the Donbass dispute resolution format. In mid-October, the Ukrainian president declared that the “Norman format” is currently the only platform within which it is possible to resolve the issue of the resolution of the conflict in the Donbass.
The Normandy Format has been around since June 2014. Then, during the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the landing of the Allied troops in Normandy, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany discussed for the first time of the settlement of the conflict in the Donbass. Since then, five summits have taken place, the last on December 9, 2019 in Paris. In recent months, negotiations have taken place mainly at the level of political advisers and foreign ministries of the countries participating in the format.
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