Canada was disappointed by the lack of openness and transparency that has characterized the vote count in the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino have said in a statement:

"Sadly, this is just the latest in the series of irregularities that has characterized the campaign overall, and confirms reports that Ukraine's parliamentary elections did not meet the democratic standard that Ukrainians have the right to expect," reads the statement posted on the Web site of Canada's foreign affairs' agency on Monday.

"Canada urges the election authorities and all party leaders to do right by the millions of Ukrainians who attempted to express their democratic rights and be heard, regardless of the party they chose," the statement reads.

The ministers said that Canada would continue to monitor developments in Ukraine closely, and looked forward to receiving the final reports of Mission Canada and other independent election observation missions in the coming weeks.

Canada sent some 500 election observers to monitor the conduct of the elections to the Verkhovna Rada.