Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss defence and energy cooperation between both countries.
According to the Ukrainian presidential website, the two sides signed an agreement on drone co-production and adopted an action plan for implementing the agreement on security cooperation.
Zelensky welcomed Canada’s readiness to allocate 500 million U.S. dollars under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements list initiative to help Ukraine procure U.S. weapons.
He also proposed that Canada participate in major energy projects in Ukraine.
“We have the necessary port infrastructure and storage capacities. Ukrainian storage facilities can be used for the supply of Canadian gas,” Zelensky said.
He further expressed hope that Canada would play an active role in implementing security guarantees for Ukraine.
Speaking at a joint press conference after the meeting, Carney said his country was coordinating with allies, the “Coalition of the Willing” and Ukraine on security guarantees covering land, air and sea.
He added that he would not exclude the presence of troops.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that deploying foreign troops in Ukraine was unacceptable to Russia.
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