Ex-PM of Australia Abbott awarded for support for Ukraine

Ukrainian community in Australia awarded former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott the Freedom Award.

This is reported by The New Daily Australian media outlet.

"Mr. Abbot was awarded the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations’ inaugural Freedom Award,” reads the article.

As reported, the award recognizes “his strength and international support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in its time of need”.

The awarding ceremony took place at the OzUke2015 Inaugural Australia Ukraine Business Forum in Melbourne on November 25.

It is noted that Mr. Abbott said that almost nothing had given him more satisfaction than working with Ukraine during the past two years.

“In part to assert the universal decencies of mankind against their violators, whether that be a terrorist caliphate or a Russian president who needed shirt fronting,” he said.

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