Canada is preparing a comprehensive package of financial support, which is included in the country’s draft budget for 20 24 r_k.
RBC-Ukraine reports this from a message on Facebook from the Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada Yulia Kovaliv.
“We are expecting an additional package of support from Canada to the submitted budget for 2024,” Kovaliv said.
Behind these words, financial support statistics include the following points:
- budgetary support in the amount of 2.4 billion Canadian dollars, of which 2 billion were already reinstated through the IMF Special Fund, 400 million dollars that were lost are expected to be received in the coming month.
- 1.6 billion Canadian dollars within the new ї The 5-line program of military assistance is in line with the agreement signed with Kiev on February 24, 2024.
- 216.7 million Canadian dollars through the EBRD to finance projects for the modernization of Ukraine.
- 76 million Canadian dollars for financing projects within the framework of programs to support peace and security in Ukraine, including humanitarian aid.
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada also indicated that the budget will come to terms with Canada’s plans to cooperate with the G7 countries to attract Russia to the level of confiscation of frozen assets of the Russian Federation.
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It became earlier It is clear that Canada is preparing a comprehensive plan of military assistance for Ukraine, which will be included in the draft state budget for 2024 and will be allocated for the next five years. There is talk of seeing 1.6 billion dollars over five years.
In addition, in the middle of the year it became clear that Canada would see 44 million dollars for the defense of Ukraine.
7th quarter minister Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland also stated that Ottawa’s assistance for Kiev was an important contribution to strengthening Ukraine’s defense, which counters the military aggression of the Russian Federation. In line with these words, Canada sent Ukraine $2 billion in fiscal support at a time when the United States was unable to step up and provide assistance to Ukraine.
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