US EditionCanada, allies ready to ‘contribute to appropriate efforts’ on Strait of Hormuz blockage
Canada and allies respond to Iran's shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to prevent energy price spikes and humanitarian crises, officials said.
- Canada joined other nations in a pledge that expresses readiness to contribute to efforts ensuring safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a statement Prime Minister Mark Carney endorsed shortly.
- Iran's restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, which carries one-fifth of the world's oil and LNG, led to limited traffic and bombed fuel shipping sites after U.S.-Israeli airstrikes last month.
- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand warned the blockage risks humanitarian crises in poorer countries, and the statement said effects will be felt worldwide, especially the most vulnerable, while cargo ships continue to sail in the Persian Gulf.
- Defence Minister David McGuinty said Canada is considering aiding Iran's neighbours if they seek NATO alliance assistance, and the allies welcome the commitment of nations engaging in preparatory planning.
- At the upcoming G7, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will pitch her peers on off-ramps to end the war, after Canada joined the allied statement shortly after it was published.
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Canada has joined five European countries and Japan in announcing their “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts” to ensure the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan condemned Iran’s recent attacks on commercial vessels, as well as attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and the effective closure of the Strait of Ho…
(Washington, Rome = Yonhap News) Correspondents Min Kyung-rak and Baek Na-ri = Seven countries, including major European nations, Japan, and Canada, issued a joint statement on the 19th (local time) regarding Iran's Sea of Hormuz...
Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a joint declaration to this effect with France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan.
Countries do not specify how they intend to help.
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