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Canada orders the departure of the families of its diplomats from Ukraine

2022-01-25T20:10:14.906Z


Sweden asks that non-essential trips to the former Soviet republic be avoided and that trips not be made to Crimea and the Donetsk and Lugansk regions


Canada has ordered this Tuesday the repatriation of the relatives of its displaced diplomats in Ukraine and thus joins the announcements made these days by other countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom.

Sweden, for its part, has asked its nationals not to travel to the former Soviet republic if it is not essential.

The reason given by the Canadian authorities is the "Russian military deployment and its destabilizing activities in and around Ukraine."

Kremlin troop movements on Ukraine's borders have been fueling the possibility of an invasion or armed conflict for weeks amid intense diplomatic contacts at the highest level.

“We have made the decision to temporarily remove children under the age of 18 from Canadian Embassy employees, as well as members of their families,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, reports Agence France Presse.

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The recommendation of the Government of Sweden not to carry out non-essential trips to Ukraine raises its tone when it comes to the most conflictive areas, which is why they have demanded that travel of any kind to the Crimean peninsula be avoided in any case, which Russia annexed in 2014, and the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, in the east of the country, where since then pro-Russian militants have been in an open armed conflict with Kiev's troops.

Despite everything, the tensions in Eastern Europe are not going to have a significant and direct impact on air traffic, since most companies in the region had advanced the decision to avoid the area on their flights, according to the authorities of the sector. , reports Reuters.

Despite the fact that the Ukrainian government considers it excessive, Washington announced on Sunday that it was going to withdraw the relatives of its diplomats and some of its employees from the diplomatic mission who wished to leave the country.

On Monday it was London that communicated a similar measure.

The European Union was, however, willing to maintain its diplomatic presence in Kiev.

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Source: elparis

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