June 26, 2015
Kyiv, Ukraine – Defence Minister Jason Kenney today met with several high ranking Ukrainian government officials in Kyiv, on the first day of a two-day visit to the country. Minister Kenney held bilateral meetings with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, Defence Minister Colonel General Stepan Poltorak, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin.
During these meetings, the Minister reiterated Canada’s steadfast resolve to stand by Ukraine in the face of the Putin regime's aggression and reinforced its support for Ukrainian economic and democratic reforms.
Minister Kenney also met with Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate, and Mustafa Djemilev, Community Leader of the Crimean Tatars, to discuss religious freedom in Ukraine, including Crimea.
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