Canada urged all parties to de-escalate the rising tensions in the Middle East following reports of Israel’s drone attack on Iran.
Foreign ministers from the G7 countries, including Canada’s, and the High Representative for the European Union, made a public statement on Friday morning. The G7 countries criticized Iran for launching a direct and unusual attack on April 13. More than 100 drones carrying bombs were intercepted by Western allies as they were heading towards Israel.
Before the Iranian attack, another airstrike, which many think was done by Israel, destroyed Iran’s office in Syria. It killed 12 people, including two top Iranian generals.
“I agree with my G7 colleagues in asking everyone to try to stop things from getting worse,” said Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly in a post on X on Friday.
The group said they completely support Israel and think that Iran attacking Israel is a bad move that makes the region more unstable. It also asked Iran to stop supporting Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah, and other violent groups.
“We will make sure the Iranian government faces consequences for its bad and disruptive actions, and we are ready to impose more sanctions or do other things,” the statement said.
It did not clearly say what other things the G7 is thinking about.
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Canada and G7 call on ‘parties’ to defuse growing situation in Middle East
