The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Canada aims to heed a new call from Ukraine to help it sell a peace plan with Russia to developing countries that have taken a neutral stance on Moscow's invasion.
Ottawa says it is gearing up for a diplomatic push on multiple continents to get the world to endorse Kyiv's vision of an end to the war through a plan that includes a full restoration of all Ukraine's territory and a war-crimes tribunal.
“Canada has the diplomatic muscle to achieve the task of gathering a broad coalition in support of the peace formula,” Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday.
He was speaking in a video presented at a closed-door breakfast meeting of foreign ambassadors, to which The Canadian Press was invited.
Kuleba is also asking Canada to increase its anti-landmine support and extend military funding beyond the next year.
“We’re talking, among other things, about putting down on paper a multi-year military support program,” Kuleba said.
“And given the scale of mine contamination, we kindly ask you provide more assistance in this field.”
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