Prime Minister Harper emphasized that
the position of Canada regarding Ukraine remained clear. "Canada will
never recognize illegal occupation of Ukrainian territory by Russian forces. We
will never agree to the fact that the borders of a sovereign country can be
altered by force. We urge Mr. Putin to stop his invasion in the Eastern
Ukraine, withdraw his troops, tanks and heavy weaponry and stop providing
military assistance to separatists," the Prime Minister of Canada said.
According to Stephen Harper, Canada upholds the efforts on diplomatic
settlement of the situation in Donbas and the agreements already achieved in
that context. "But for all this to happen, troops of Mr. Putin and their
allies-separatists must cease fire," he said. The Prime Minister emphasized
that Canada and the entire world couldn't stay aside and ignore daily attacks
that kill Ukrainians in their own territory.
"Economic sanctions against Putin's regime must be prolonged until
the withdrawal of the occupant forces, restoration of territorial sovereignty
of Ukraine and achievement of real truce," the Prime Minister of Canada
said. He reminded that Canada had imposed sanctions against more than 270
individuals and legal entities. "We are ready to cooperate with our allies
and impose additional sanctions in case of need," Stephen Harper added.
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