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Canada’s Ambassador to the UN Bob Rae has questioned the veto rights of five permanent members of the Security Council amid the war in Ukraine. For its part, the Canadian government wants to give itself a way to confiscate Russia’s assets in order to use them to help Ukraine, while Moscow has decided not to deliver gas to Poland and Bulgaria. .
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- In Canada, the government wants to give itself the power to dispose of Russia’s confiscated property. Thus, Ottawa could confiscate these goods, liquidate them and use the money collected to help Ukraine, among other things. This measure could target 1,100 individuals and entities, including companies, that are on Canada’s sanctions list. Canada’s sanctions system will be the first in the G7 to allow such actions, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly. For their part, Americans want to follow the same path. U.S. Secretary of Justice Merrick Garland has said he will support a possible move to allow assets taken from Russian oligarchs to go directly to Ukraine.
- In New York, the Ambassador of Canada toUNBob Rae, protested against the veto right of the five permanent member countries of the Security Council. This right to veto is as anachronistic as it is undemocratic, did he declare. One hundred countries, including Canada, want justifications in the General Assembly from users of the right to veto.
- Canada will send eight armored vehicles to Ukraine. This was announced by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin after a meeting of approximately 40 allied countries held at the US air base in Ramstein, Germany. Previously the Canadian Ministry of Defense announced the dispatch of howitzers to Ukraine without giving the number. According to the CBC, the howitzers will be four in number. In addition, the meeting of 40 allied countries will take place monthly. Mr. Austin said he wanted to organize action by countries of good will to intensify our efforts, coordinate our assistance, and focus on winning the battle now and in the battles to come.
- At the diplomatic level, the Secretary General ofUNAntonio Guterres, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday in hopes of a ceasefire soon. Mr Putin assured the Secretary -General ofUN that he still believes in a positive outcome of negotiations with Ukraine, despite the ongoing war. Guterres is scheduled to travel to Ukraine on Wednesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- On the economy, Moscow announced it was closing the natural gas tap for Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday. The governments of the two countries indicated on the same day that this measure would have no effects on populations. There will be no shortage of gas in Polish homes, said Anna Moskwa, the Minister of Climate and Environment. Poland can import up to 10.2 billion cubic meters of gas per year, an amount that meets almost half of its needs. Bulgaria, for its part, depends on more than 90% on Russian gas.
- On a symbolic level, the mayor of kyiv began the demolition of a historical monument from the Soviet era celebrating the friendship between Ukraine and Russia.
With information from France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
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