Volodymyr Zelenskyi had a telephone conversation with Justin Trudeau on November 12, the Ukrainian leader said in a telegram.
Zelensky thanked Canada “for all the multifaceted assistance, in particular for the principled support of the victory plan” and expressed the hope that Ottawa will continue to support his first point – “receiving an invitation to NATO.” The head of the Ukrainian state also mentioned that “Canada publicly supports the permission to use long-range weapons for military purposes on the territory of Russia.”
“We coordinated the steps ahead of the G20 meeting. It is very important that Ukraine’s position regarding a just and lasting peace be heard there. In addition, they discussed the continuation of defense cooperation, specified the current defense needs of Ukraine,” the President of Ukraine noted.
The Group of Twenty (G20) summit will be held on November 18-19 in the Brazilian city. This will be the 19th meeting of this club of heads of state.
The summit will be the first for Argentine President Javier Millais, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and the last for US President Joe Biden.
Vladimir Putin refused to participate in the summit due to Brazil’s ratification of the Rome Statute. According to this statute, Brazil has the right to arrest Putin, for whom an arrest warrant has been issued by the International Criminal Court. Instead of Putin, Moscow will be represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.
It will be recalled that Canada sent the first NASAMS air defense system ordered for Ukraine.
It was also reported that Canada will transfer $3.7 billion from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. Canada became the first country to support the use of frozen assets for the benefit of the Ukrainian economy.
Canada will allocate 5 billion Canadian dollars (about $3.7 billion) to Ukraine as part of the G7 initiative “Acceleration of Emergency Revenue (ERA) for Ukraine”. These funds come from frozen Russian assets and will be used to support Ukraine during the war. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Monday, November 4.
The decision was made after the recent G7 summit, where the countries agreed to provide financial support to Ukraine at the expense of the frozen assets of the Russian Federation.
Shmyhal thanked and Deputy Prime Minister Christa Freeland for their consistent support to Ukraine.
He noted that Canada became the first country to support the use of frozen assets for the benefit of the Ukrainian economy.
The initiative, launched in June 2023, provides for total financing of $50 billion for Ukraine from the G7 countries.
After agreeing on the details on October 25 in Washington, all countries determined their contributions. In addition to Canada, the United States allocated $20 billion, the EU – 18.115 billion euros (approximately $20 billion), Japan – 471.9 billion yen (about $3.1 billion), and Great Britain – 2.26 billion pounds (almost $3 billion).
It will be recalled that Canada sent the first NASAMS air defense system ordered for Ukraine.
Earlier it became known that Great Britain will provide Ukraine with a loan in the amount of 2.26 billion pounds sterling (about 2.93 billion dollars), from the proceeds of the frozen assets of Russia.
