Ukraine and Canada will deepen cooperation in the energy sector, as well as in the development of deposits. This was announced by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko after a meeting with Canada's Minister of International Development, Harjit Sajjan, UNN reports.
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She informed the diplomat about the government's work on preparing for the next heating seasons within the framework of the Regional Resilience Plans, as well as about Ukraine's key needs for energy equipment for the development of distributed generation.
We highly appreciate Canada's consistent support in strengthening our state and the recently announced contribution of 20 million Canadian dollars to the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine.
She also thanked Canada for its readiness to cooperate in establishing the Veterans Support Fund, which is intended to strengthen the reintegration system for our people after service.
We look forward to further cooperation, particularly in sharing experience in the field of housing construction for veterans.
In addition, according to her, the parties separately focused on cooperation between our states in the field of critical minerals and deposit development.
We agreed to deepen cooperation in geological exploration.
Recall
In February, the Canadian government announced a new large-scale support package for Ukraine on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed the allocation of 2 billion Canadian dollars (approximately 1.46 billion US dollars) for military needs and the extension of the UNIFIER training mission until 2029 to train Ukrainian defenders.