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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with members of the Canadian Parliament, representatives of the group of friendship with Ukraine. The Head of State expressed gratitude for the consistent and powerful support for Ukraine by all political parties represented in the Canadian Parliament.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Canadian business to invest in Ukraine during a meeting with business representatives from the Economic Club of Canada. "Invest in Ukraine! Why? Because we are one of the most promising countries with a great growth potential," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

During the visit of the President of Ukraine to Canada, First Lady Olena Zelenska met with Minister of Children and Women's Issues in the Government of Ontario Jill Dunlop. The meeting was also attended by Commissioner for Children’s Rights Mykola Kuleba and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health of Ontario Robin Martin.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Vice President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller in Toronto. The Head of State thanked for the cooperation of the World Bank with Ukraine.

The President stressed that Ukraine fully supported the political-diplomatic way of resolving the conflict in Donbas. This is evidenced by the "re-launch" of the work of Ukrainian representatives in the Trilateral Contact Group, steps towards the intensification of the Normandy format and separation of forces and means in Stanytsia Luhanska. At the same time, Russia does not show goodwill to resolve the conflict.

It is impossible to talk about the development of Ukraine without mentioning the topic of Donbas and Crimea. This was announced during a conference on reforms in Ukraine held in Toronto by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "The return of our territories, the captives, the achievement of peace - this is the most important thing. This is the first thing that a citizen-oriented state should provide," the Head of State said.

According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Canada is an example of the state Ukraine would like to become: a state of successful, prosperous people living in harmony with the outside world, the environment and themselves. "We do not have excessive global ambitions, but we are ready to surprise the world in a positive way," he said.

The agreement on youth exchange, which Ukraine and Canada are planning to sign in the coming months, will allow the citizens of both countries to undertake a simplified procedure for mutual trips for study and employment for a term up to 1 year. This was announced during a joint briefing with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau in Toronto by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"I think we can frankly speak about it: we have agreed on the supply of armored vehicles and the development of cooperation in this area," the Head of State said during a conversation with journalists in Toronto.

"Trade-economic and investment cooperation has an important place in Ukrainian-Canadian relations. And we would like to strengthen it. Therefore, our countries will work on extending the bilateral free trade agreement to the sphere of services and investments," the Head of State said.