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Globe and Mail: Zelensky praises relationship with Trudeau but mum on support for Security Council seat

By Globe and Mail.

Published June 22, 2020 at 3:02 am

In this file photo Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conduct a joint press conference in Toronto on July 2 on the first day of the Ukraine Reform Conference.

Photo by Brad LaFoy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the international community must maintain pressure on Moscow to return the land it seized from Ukraine in 2014 – and he thanked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to readmit Russia into the G7. But even though Ukraine is one of Canada’s closest allies, Mr. Zelensky wouldn’t say whether he had supported Ottawa’s failed bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.