Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Ukrainian army reports gains in eastern Ukraine
Government forces and Russia-backed rebels were each trying to make gains in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday ahead of long-anticipated peace talks. The intense fighting, which the United Nations says has killed more than 5,300 people since April, comes ahead of a crucial summit including Western leaders on Wednesday as well as peace talks later...
Stephen Harper won’t rule out sending lethal weapons for Ukraine
Prime Minister Stephen Harper declined to rule out supplying lethal military aid to Ukraine if diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict with Russian-backed rebels in the eastern part of that country fail. “We’ll look at all options,” Harper said, when asked if Canada would be in favour of a shift in aid to Ukraine from humanitarian and to...
Tories shuffle Nicholson, Kenney, Poilievre
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper has picked Rob Nicholson to fill the void left in his cabinet by John Baird’s surprise departure last week.The swift shuffle sees Nicholson take over the foreign affairs portfolio and hand over his previous job at national defence to Jason Kenney.Kenney’s role as minister for employment and...
Merkel to brief Harper on Ukraine talks
OTTAWA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Ottawa later today to give Prime Minister Stephen Harper an update on her frenzied transatlantic shuttle diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis.Merkel will be in Washington earlier today for a previously scheduled meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, amid reports of a rift between the U.S....
Ukraine hopes for more help from Canada
Ukraine’s top diplomat in Ottawa says Canada “can do more” to help his country, as Western nations debate providing weapons and other “lethal” military aid to government forces fighting Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. In an exclusive interview with the Citizen, Ukrainian chargé d’affaires Shevchenko Marko thanked Canada for...
Merkel to have quick meeting with Harper in Ottawa to brief him on Ukraine talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Ottawa later today to give Prime Minister Stephen Harper an update on her frenzied transatlantic shuttle diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis. Merkel will be in Washington earlier today for a previously scheduled meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, amid reports of a rift between the U.S. and Europe over...
Ukraine conflict: Vladimir Putin renews blame on West
The BBC’s James Reynolds found two civilians inside the eastern town of Vuhlehirsk, which fell to the rebels in the last few days the main story Ukraine crisis Ukraine’s crisis has been caused by the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin says, as he works on Franco-German proposals to end fighting between the government and...
Merkel asked for quick face time with Harper, as her meeting with Putin looms
The Canadian Press has learned that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a short meeting in Ottawa on Monday night as she continues her frenzied transatlantic shuttle diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis. The influential German leader will be in Washington earlier Monday for a previously scheduled meeting with...
Ukraine crisis: Putin to confer with leaders by phone
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to discuss a peace plan for east Ukraine with the German, French and Ukrainian leaders by phone. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are pushing a plan to end fighting between government and rebel forces. Meeting Mr Putin in Moscow on Friday, they agreed to four-way talks with...
Ukraine crisis: Leaders to put plan to Poroshenko
The leaders of Russia, France and Germany have agreed in Moscow to work on a peace plan for the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin, France’s Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel described talks on Friday as “constructive”. They will discuss the plan by telephone with Ukraine’s President...
