Canadian defense minister to visit Ukrainian leadership during visit to Ukraine

17:43, 24.06.2015 1 min read

Canadian National Defense Minister Jason Kenney is expected to visit Kyiv on June 25-27, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry charge d'affaires Dmytro Kuleba said.

"The Canadian minister will visit military facilities in the Lviv region, where Canadian instructors will conduct training of units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces," Kuleba told a briefing on Wednesday.

Kuleba said Kenney is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, and Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak.