Canada urges diplomatic solution after US strike on Iran
Source: Politico
06/22/2025 12:42 PM EDT
OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is urging immediate negotiations to prevent a wider Middle East war following the overnight attack by American B-2 bombers on Iran.
“Canada calls on parties to return immediately to the negotiating table and reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis,” Carney said Sunday on X,shortly before boarding his Royal Canadian Air Force jetliner to Brussels for a European Union summit. “As G7 leaders agreed in Kananaskis, the resolution of the Iranian crisis should lead to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza.”
U.S. President Donald Trump’s deliberations about possible airstrikes on Iran surfaced at the G7 summit in Kananskis, Alberta last week, when he departed a day early and warned on Truth Social that Iranian civilians should “immediately evacuate Tehran.”
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand issued a statement on X echoing Carney’s call for diplomacy. “Iran must not possess nuclear weapons as they are a threat to international security,” she wrote in the Sunday post. “We urge parties to return to the negotiating table and reach a resolution to this crisis.”
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