The war in Ukraine tinted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to London, as the latter took advantage of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral to increase meetings with his counterparts on this issue.
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In particular, Mr. Trudeau is due to meet on Sunday evening with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal to discuss the conflict and Canada’s support for Ukraine.
“My message remains the same. We are here for Ukraine. We will continue to send more financial, humanitarian and military aid as they continue their heroic fight to defend not only Ukraine, but all of our democracies.”
This subject also came up in meetings held with the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Struss, and with the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese.
“Canada and the United Kingdom are two of the countries that have done the most to push back against Russia’s illegal and immoral intervention, which increasingly includes war crimes, absolutely unacceptable crimes, which we think of what we found in Boutcha or in the mass graves in the territories taken over by the Ukrainian army ”, argued in particular Mr. Trudeau, in a press briefing.
“Vladimir Putin, his supporters and the Russian military must be held responsible for the atrocities they committed and continue to commit in Ukraine,” he added.
Meeting with Charles III
In addition, Justin Trudeau returned to his first meeting with King Charles III since his accession to the throne.
“I have known His Majesty the King for a very long time. I had met him for the first time when I was around 11 years old, when he came to Ottawa on an official visit,” recalled the Prime Minister.
Mr. Trudeau spoke with the king of the “issues facing Canadians”, denoting in passing the king’s sensitivity to the issues of climate change and reconciliation with indigenous peoples.
“We made sure to continue these conversations and to see each other again soon, in Canada, I hope,” said the Liberal leader.