The leaders of Canada and Italy signed safety agreements with Ukraine on Saturday after talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky as Kyiv marked the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Canada and Italy be part of Britain, Germany, France and Denmark in concluding 10-year safety offers with Kyiv which might be supposed to shore up Ukraine’s safety till it could attain its goal of turning into a member of the NATO army alliance.
“We proceed to help Ukraine in what I’ve all the time believed is its folks’s good to defend themselves,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated at a information convention.
“This additionally essentially means army help, as a result of to confuse the a lot bandied-about phrase ‘peace’ with ‘give up’, as some do, is a hypocritical method that we’ll by no means share,” she stated.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that Ottawa’s help for Kyiv remained “unwavering” two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
“Right now, standing shoulder to shoulder with our allies and companions, Canada dedicated to additional help, together with army and humanitarian help, for Ukraine,” he stated.
Agreements signed at a information convention
Zelensky instructed reporters on the information convention that Saturday had been “a novel day for our nation.”
The 2 safety agreements have been signed firstly of a joint information convention with Zelensky, Meloni, Trudeau and the leaders of Belgium and the European Union.
Trudeau’s workplace stated Canada would supply greater than 3 billion Canadian {dollars} ($2.22 billion) in monetary and protection help to Ukraine in 2024.
Meloni gave no monetary particulars concerning the Italian accord.
