Arseniy Yatsenyuk meets with Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper in Ottawa

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk within his working trip to Ottawa met with the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper on Tuesday, July 14.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine stressed that Stephen Harper is a sincere friend of Ukraine: ”You’ve done a lot to protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Ukrainian state".

He expressed gratitude to Canadian Prime Minister for his personal involvement and a strong position on the support of Ukraine - economic and financial and political, “that Ukraine will be truly prosperous nation”.

“We feel that the Canadian people support the Ukrainian people,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk said.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine also noted the importance of a strong position of Canada as a member of the G7 against Russian aggression: “Together with our international friends and partners you are a leader in supporting Ukraine against the Russian-led terrorists”.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk reminded that Stephen Harper has already been in Kyiv three times. The last time the two heads of Governments visited training process of future Kyiv patrol police. Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed gratitude to the Government of Canada for the assistance in creating a new patrol police and for dispatching of experts for their training.