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CANADA CONGRATULATES UKRAINE ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS INDEPENDENCE
August 21, 1996 No. 144
CANADA CONGRATULATES UKRAINE
ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS INDEPENDENCE
Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today extended congratulations to Ukraine
on the fifth anniversary of its independence, declared on August 24, 1991.
"Canada is proud to have supported Ukraine's transformation since gaining
independence," stated Mr. Axworthy. "We are pleased to celebrate Ukraine's fifth
anniversary of independence and its success in implementing its political and
economic reform. Canada looks forward to an even closer relationship with Ukraine
in the years ahead."
The Honourable Gildas Molgat, Speaker of the Senate, will represent Canada at the
independence day celebrations in Kyiv, to be held August 22-24. While in Kyiv,
Senator Molgat will also meet with President Leonid Kuchma, with the Speaker of
the Ukrainian Parliament, Oleksandr Moroz, and with the Ukrainian Foreign
Minister, Hennadiy Udovenko.
Minister Axworthy plans to travel to Ukraine this fall to head a business
delegation for the inaugural Canada-Ukraine Intergovernmental Economic Commission
and to foster closer bilateral links with Ukraine.
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For further information, media representatives may contact:
Catherine Lappe
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
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