PARUBIY MEETS WITH FREELAND TO DISCUSS THE INTERNATIONAL UKRAINE REFORM CONFERENCE
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland at a meeting in Kyiv discussed the holding of international Ukraine reform conference scheduled for July 2-July 4, 2019 in Toronto.
“I am sure that we have a unique chance to reach a qualitatively new level of cooperation, which gives reason to hope for concrete, significant results of the conference. In fact, we can lay down an effective action plan for the next five years with clear goals, objectives and time frames,” the press service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine reported on Wednesday, citing Parubiy.
The chairman of the parliament said that active preparations for the conference are underway, and both teams have already developed the corresponding base for the form and the content of this event, and thanked the ambassadors of both countries for the real teamwork. He said that Ukraine will be represented by a powerful delegation.
Parubiy noted the need to continue and strengthen the sanctions against the Russian Federation. He thanked Ottawa for its principled position on this issue and expressed hope for further cooperation, especially in security issues, in the military sphere and on Ukraine’s path to NATO. He recalled that the Ukrainian parliament prolonged the law on the extension of military cooperation, including with Canada. “I hope that Canada will continue to be a conductor of Ukraine on the way to full membership in the Alliance,” Parubiy said, adding that “it is a great honor for Ukraine that such a powerful state like Canada supports Ukraine with such devotion in the difficult years of our history, in those tests that Ukraine faces.”
