Canada is not going to conduct training and assist the Ukrainian ultra-nationalist battalion " Azov ", said the head of the Ministry of defense of Canada Jason Kenney.
so the head of the Ministry of defence has noticed that he adheres to his own earlier statements that "Azov" will not get support from Canada. Along With this, he specified, this warranty will not be supported by the law of Canada. In his words, this is because the Parliament will not be convened until the Federal election in October, and With the pressure of numerous and politically active Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada, RIA "news" referring to The Globe and Mail.
However, despite this, the canadian government will not support those who share extremist views, said Kenny." We cannot allow such a situation In which One black sheep We will judge all of Ukraine, the new Ukraine, which is oriented to the West, and shared democratic values, " he added. Also the head of the Ministry of defense of Canada stated that he believes that Ukraine must " redouble their efforts to fight anti-Semitism ", and it is not linked With the values of the battalion " Azov ". The battalion " Azov ", then deployed to the regiment, was recruited mostly from the neo-Nazis From Ukraine, from Russia, CIS and far abroad. The behavior of fighters of "Azov" first caused resentment not only in DPR, LPR or Russia, but even in the US. June 12, the U.S. Congress was forbidden to teach men "disgusting neo-Nazi battalion" Azov ". The head of the Ministry of defense of Canada Jason Kenney on the last working day of the week came to Ukraine With two-day visit. According to its press service, the Minister is scheduled to meet With President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Minister of defense Stepan Poltorak and the head of the foreign Ministry Pavlo Klimkin. Similarly, in the program of the visit includes meetings With the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate Filaret and representative of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Jamil. At the meeting With Poroshenko will become the current situation in Ukraine, as well as among them in its Eastern regions." during the meeting, for example, will examine the issue of sending to Ukraine 200 canadian military instructors who will teach fighters of the Ukrainian military power, as well as the delivery of canadian non-lethal weapons, " - said the press service. Before the first day of the weekend Kenney said that Canada doesn't have the extra weapons that she could send to Ukraine. In Thursday, he stated that his country is ready to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons, but will not act without the support of NATO allies.

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