Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arrive for a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 8, 2022.
Prime Minister Johnson's visit to Ukraine was unexpectedly exposed on social media during his meeting with President Zelensky. The PMO knew there was a risk of Trudeau's trip to Kyiv being reported in real-time, presenting an added security risk. In 2018, Prime Minister Trudeau made a surprise visit to Canadian military aircrew members taking part in the UN mission in Mali. Journalists were required to keep the trip confidential to protect Trump. soldiers in Afghanistan for Thanksgiving in 2019. president, Donald Trump made a surprise visit to U.S. The routine practice for planning a world leader's visit to a dangerous location is to keep the trip a secret until the leader has left that high-risk environment.įor example, as U.S. The second had to do with secrecy, or the lack of it: once Trudeau arrived in Ukraine, it would no longer be possible to keep the trip confidential. The first factor was security: even though Trudeau would travel with his security detail, the entire delegation would be in the hands of the Ukrainian military. The sources said that, based on those conversations, PMO officials identified two key factors they would have to become comfortable with before planning the prime minister's trip to Ukraine. Prime Minister Johnson visited Kyiv for an-in person meeting with President Zelensky on April 9. (Ukrainian Presidential Office/The Associated Press) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walk during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday, April 9, 2022. She also toured a mass grave site in the suburb of Bucha, where investigators continue to collect evidence of alleged Russian war crimes. Von der Leyen was one of the first European leaders to visit Ukraine after the invasion she travelled to Kyiv for a meeting with President Zelensky on April 8. The sources said PMO contacted staff members in the offices of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. To prepare for a possible trip, staff in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) reached out to international counterparts who had completed similar trips to find out what those experiences had been like. After many other western leaders made the dangerous trek into the war zone in recent weeks, pressure was mounting on Canada to make a gesture of its own. More Ukrainian civilians rescued from besieged city of Mariupol as remaining fighters plead for helpĬanada's absence from Ukraine had been noted within the diplomatic community.Trudeau says Canada backs Ukraine in seeking justice for Putin's 'heinous war crimes'.Putin scolds West and blames NATO for Ukraine invasion during Victory Day speech.
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