Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, reaffirmed his unwavering support for the Ukrainian people and announced a new package of military aid.<\/p>\n
According to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, the meeting between the leaders took place on the sidelines of the defense forum being held as part of the NATO summit.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Carney reaffirmed Canada’s unwavering support for Ukraine, which continues to defend its sovereignty.<\/p>\n
He announced a new aid package worth approximately CAD 900 million.<\/p>\n
As later noted on the Canadian government’s website, as part of Canada’s $2.8 billion commitment to military support this year, Prime Minister Carney announced the provision of military aid to Ukraine, specifically $475 million for the purchase of ammunition, nearly $400 million for the construction of 35 Canadian-made armored vehicles, and $50 million for the supply of critical technologies and engineering equipment.<\/p>\n
He highlighted the decision made earlier this year to extend Operation UNIFIER \u2013 Canada’s training and capacity-building mission in Ukraine \u2013 through 2029.<\/p>\n
The leaders discussed ways to strengthen their partnership in the defense industry, particularly regarding the joint development of unmanned aerial vehicles.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Carney also underscored Canada’s support for ongoing accountability measures, including sanctions.<\/p>\n
“Prime Minister Carney and President Zelenskyy agreed to maintain close and regular contact,” the statement reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[38390,17,111],"class_list":["post-120049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mark-carney","tag-aid","tag-canada","tag-mark-carney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}