The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, will visit Ukraine on October 25 and 26. The Prime Minister will be in Kyiv and Lviv.

The Prime Minister will meet with the President of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovych, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, and the leader of opposition Yuliya Tymoshenko. While in Kyiv, Stephen Harper, will visit the memorials and pay tribute to the monuments of Uknown Soldier, Holodomor (Genocide by Famine) and Babyn Yar. While in Lviv, the Prime Minister may visit the Ukrainian Catholic University to address the student body, and the Lviv Museum "Prison on Lontskoho," a place of Stalin's and Soviet's regime countless victims. 

In Kyiv the Prime Minister will sign a Youth Mobility Act with the President of Ukraine that will allow young Canadians and Ukrainians, from 18 to 35 years of age, to travel, study and work without restrictions in the both countries for the duration of one year.

"This is a great opportunity for Canadian colleges, universities and other industries in international business, tourism and hospitality to demonstrate their leading role in these areas. This is extremely important, especially on the eve of Euro Soccer Cup that Ukraine will host in the Summer of 2012. Further, Ukraine will be placing a bid to host Winter Olympic Games 2022, and Canadian businesses and educational institutions can be central for providing expertise to Ukraine during this time. Canada should secure this market of opportunities" commented, Taras Paslavskyi, a member of the Board of Directors, of Young Professionals and Skilled Workers Association.  

The main goals of this visit are to support in Ukraine the development of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and also to advance the Canadian economy by furthering the talks on Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine.

During the last 4 years Canada has signed 8 Free Trade Agreements and 50 are on the way.

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