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Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has congratulated the Ukrainians on holding early elections to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, on July 21 and thanked the team of Canadian observers for their work.

“Canada congratulates the people of Ukraine on exercising their democratic rights in yesterday’s parliamentary elections. Thank you to Lloyd Axworthy & all Canadian election observers who supported transparency & accountability in the democratic process,” she tweeted on Monday.