Ukrainian Ambassador One of Most Active in Diplomatic Circles

On March 3, 2010, Embassy, Canada’s foreign policy newsweekly presented a long-established look at Ottawa’s key diplomatic players – those most active in Ottawa’s diplomatic life - and issued a list of diplomats to keep an eye on during the next season. Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada Ihor Ostash is on a list rating the most active top eleven ambassadors to Canada. Notwithstanding the Ambassador of Ukraine in Canada, this list is comprised of the ambassadors of the United States of America, Afghanistan, the European Union, Haiti, Brazil, Israel, Colombia, Mexico, China and India.

In comments on Ukraine, the newspaper reports on the active bilateral relations between Ukraine and Canada in recent years, including negotiations on free trade agreements, programs within the Canadian International Development Agency, and Canada’s support for Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic community aspirations and integration.

In 2008, in another review in Embassy, the Ambassador of Ukraine in Canada Ihor Ostash was also named among the ten most influential ambassadors of foreign states in Canada.