Kiev, Feb 26 (IANS) During his visit to Kiev on February 24, Prime Minister Trudeau signed a security agreement with Ukraine, pledging more than $3 billion in security and financial assistance this year.
Ukraine will received 169 million Canadian dollars (CAD) for several reconstruction and development programmes, the Prime Minister’s Office said.
Canada will allocate CAD 75 million for peace and security assistance, which includes demining, cyber support and intelligence assistance, Ukrinform news agency reported.
Another CAD 15 million (equivalent to $11.5 million) will be allocated to support the completion of the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide in Kiev.
Canada also announced the allocation of funding to the following: $17 million for humanitarian assistance, $30 million for development assistance, almost $14 million for stabilisation assistance, including chemical weapons reduction and countering information warfare, and $15 million for various stabilisation efforts, to support projects ranging from demining, to reducing threats from nuclear or radiological materials and chemical weapons, to countering disinformation, Ukrinform news agency reported
