Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak in Montreal (Canada), where the Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of the Peace Formula is taking place, held a number of bilateral meetings: with representatives of Canada, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and the Council of Europe, the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state reported.

As reported on the website of the President’s Office of Ukraine on Thursday, at a meeting with Nathalie Drouin, National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, Yermak thanked her for organizing the conference. The parties discussed preparations for the second Peace Summit, where they will present the Peace Framework, which will be formed based on the results of nine thematic conferences.

During a meeting with Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Yermak expressed his gratitude for UAE's humanitarian assistance and its role in the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war. “We strongly value the UAE's participation in the First Peace Summit. In particular, we expect that the UAE could support the Joint Communiqué of the First Summit,” he emphasized.

Through Lolwah bint Rashid Al-Khater, Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Yermak thanked the country for its assistance in bringing back 42 Ukrainian children from the Russian Federation and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as well as for comprehensive medical and psychosocial assistance to a group of 16 children this April. They also discussed the coordination of further actions for Peace Formula implementation.

With Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Yermak discussed the Council of Europe's key role in the implementation of the seventh point of the Peace Formula, “Restoration of Justice”. In particular, the launch of the Register of Damage, which is an important step towards establishing an international accountability mechanism for the crime of aggression. Yermak emphasized the importance of continuing work on the establishment of the Special Tribunal that will enable the prosecution of those responsible for starting the war.

Yermak also reported on his Telegram channel about a meeting with Uzra Zeya, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Public Safety, Democracy, and Human Rights. “We discussed the importance of returning all children kidnapped by Russia, as well as accelerating the exchange of prisoners,” he said.