On 11 April 2022, the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Montreal Eugene Czolij hosted the Ambassador-Designate of Ukraine in Canada Yulia Kovaliv and Counselor / Trade Commissioner of Ukraine in Canada Petro Petrenko at the Honorary Consulate of Ukraine in Montreal to discuss future work to support Ukraine’s defense of its territorial integrity and Ukrainian temporarily displaced persons.
They also attended the luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal with the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, at the Convention Center in Montreal and then had the following meetings to discuss various ways to support Ukraine and Ukrainian temporarily displaced persons during Russia’s genocidal war against Ukraine:
Meeting with the President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal Michel Leblanc;
Meeting with the Mayor of Montréal Valérie Plante;
Meeting with the President and CEO of the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations Pierre Lemonde;
Meeting with volunteers to help Ukraine at the St-Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Parish and the Parish priest Rev. Yaroslav Pivtorak; and
Meeting with members of the Board of Directors of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Provincial Council of Québec and its President Michael Shwec.
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