Ukraine's new Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (left) met with Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird on Friday, February 28, 2014.
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Canada’s FM calls for unity between Ukraine’s new leaders and civil society

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“To succeed Ukrainians’ new leaders in parliament and in civil society must stay united,” said Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in a press conference with journalists Friday (February 28) after meeting with Ukraine’s new leaders, including Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as well as former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Minister Baird was in Kyiv with a small Canadian delegation and announced $200,000 in medical aid for Ukraine.

RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda has a report.

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More information:
CBC News – John Baird in Kyiv announces medical aid for Ukraine victims – here
CTV News – ‘We don’t apologize for standing with Ukrainian people,’ Baird says – here

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