(Ottawa) The Canadian government is working on reopening the doors of its embassy in Kyiv.
Posted at 4:59 p.m.
“We are actively exploring the possibilities of reopening our embassy in Ukraine. Ensuring the safety of our personnel is an absolute priority and we must ensure that the security situation on the ground allows it,” said Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly in a statement.
“The opening of our embassy is both a symbolic gesture to communicate our strong and continued support for Ukraine, and a way to continue to provide services to Canadians,” she added in the same breath.
The Ottawa Embassy in Kyiv closed on February 24 after the Russian invasion began. Canadian diplomats have been working from Poland for a long time, having first been relocated to Lviv, in the west of the country, in mid-February.
Minister Joly will meet virtually with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday.
The United States is preparing to reopen its embassy in Kyiv.
Over the past few hours, Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.