The canadian foreign Minister will meet with Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk
Foreign Minister of Canada Rob Nicholson on may 11-12 will visit Ukraine, where he will meet with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, according to a report by the canadian Department of foreign Affairs.
during the visit Nicholson will also meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin and members of civil society, and visited the military hospital.
"in the course of these meetings, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Canada Rob) Nicholson will again declare their support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, and in the implementation of the necessary reforms," according to the report, published on the Internet office of the canadian foreign Ministry.
As expected, after a trip to Ukraine the head of the canadian foreign Minister to visit Turkey, where he will participate in the meeting of foreign Ministers of countries-members of NATO.
at the end of April Nicholson met with Klimkin said on the allocation of Kiev the new aid of $ 14 million canadian dollars. Before the Minister of citizenship and immigration of Canada Chris Alexander said Canada will provide Ukraine with 19, 7 million canadian dollars over several years on regional development. He added that 16 will be selected oblasts in Ukraine, which will be allocated these funds.
currently Ukraine in fact is on the verge of default. In the country increases unemployment, the national currency over one year fell by more than 3 times. In the end, according to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, in January 2015 the average salary in the country amounted 3455 hryvnia, or About $ 160. This is one of the lowest figures in the EU. The pace of GDP decline is determined currently by the national Bank of Ukraine at the level of 7, 5%, inflation - 34, 5%.
About 70% of Ukrainian citizens in the process sociologicheskogo research told of dissatisfaction with their lives, noting that events in Russia are developing in the wrong direction." Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that in 2015, the country faces the challenge to survive, " it will be hard to absolutely all social strata ".
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