Ukraine Asks Canada To Stop Issuing Travel Visas And Permits To Russians
from Rick Westhead of TSN,
Ukraine’s official diplomatic representative in Canada has asked the Canadian government to stop issuing travel visas and work permits to Russian athletes, a move he says will put more pressure on Russian president Vladimir Putin to abandon his invasion of Ukraine.
“We ask your government to suspend cooperation with Russians in sports, to stop granting visas and work permits to Russian athletes," Andrii Bukvych, Chargé d’Affaires of the Ukrainian embassy in Ottawa, wrote in a letter sent Wednesday to Pascale St-Onge, Canada’s Minister of Sport. "[Taking] into consideration the gravity of [the] situation, I urge you, dear minister, to consider this request in the shortest possible terms.”
A spokeswoman for St-Onge confirmed the Canadian government received Bukvych's letter and is preparing a public response.
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added 3:46pm,
I spoke to Canadian Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge about Ukraine's request to stop granting new visas and work permits to Russian athletes.
St-Onge: "I would say that today we're not there... We're looking at every way that we can support Ukrainians."
— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) March 2, 2022...
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