The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau he asked “sincere apologies” for the scandal caused by the president of the country’s Parliament when honored a Ukrainian veteran of the USSR, during the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Ottawa.
“This mistake is a horrible insult to the memory of the millions of people who perished in the Holocaust.”, Trudeau told reporters. He also expressed regret for the predicament he had put Zelensky in. Russia took advantage of the event to declare that its claim that the war in Ukraine is aimed at “de-Nazification” of that country, an accusation that Kiev and its Western allies reject as unfounded. The Canadian prime minister said his government apologized to Zelensky and Ukraine a few days ago through diplomatic channels.
Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota, who called “hero” the 98-year-old Nazi veteran, resigned on Tuesday saying he alone bears responsibility for what happened.
“This mistake caused a great stir in Parliament and Canada. “All of us who were in the House on (last) Friday deeply regret that we stood up and applauded, even though we did so without knowing the facts,” Trudeau added.
Lawmakers from all parties, Trudeau, members of his government and Zelensky, who is of Jewish descent, stood to applaud Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian who fought alongside the Nazis in World War II, ignoring the details. of his past.
Earlier today, the Kremlin said Canada’s parliament should publicly condemn Nazism.
Source: News Beast
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