Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says it’s “unacceptable” that Iran has launched attacks on industrial ships in recent days because it attempts to tighten its grip over the Strait of Hormuz.
Anand met with Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Thursday and she or he says Canada stands alongside Persian Gulf countries as Iran lashes out against them.
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Speaking with reporters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Anand says ceasefires are at all times fragile nevertheless it’s “unjustified” for Iran to strike civilian targets.
The comments follow latest airstrikes the USA launched against Iran early Thursday, and as Tehran fired back at Gulf countries.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that recent Iranian attacks targeting ships transiting the strait, a serious global trade choke point, ended the ceasefire.
Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on the NATO summit Wednesday that Iran has been acting “irresponsibly” and described the U.S. response as “appropriate.”
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