OTTAWA, Nov. 26 - Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Vadym Prystaiko has said he is optimistic about the settlement of the issue of the simplification of the visa regime for Ukrainians traveling to Canada.

"In 2005, we canceled the visas unilaterally, and since then I have not seen any step meeting us halfway. The embassy and our ministry did a lot of work [in this direction], but the Canadians have their own reasons in order not to improve the visa conditions for Ukrainians," he told reporters on Tuesday.