Canadian, Japanese PMs to visit Ukrainian leaders ahead of G7 summit

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit Kyiv on June 6, the Ukrainian presidential press service reported.

The website of the Canadian prime minister reported on Wednesday that, while visiting Ukraine, Harper would meet with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk ahead of the G7 summit in order "to discuss the international community's response to Russian aggression and Canada's continued support for Ukraine's ambitious economic and democratic reforms."

It was reported earlier that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would also visit Ukraine on June 5-6.