PM might offer help in Strait of Hormuz if there’s a ceasefire
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OTTAWA — Canada might join efforts to ensure ships can move freely through the Strait of Hormuz if there is a ceasefire in the Persian Gulf, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday.
“There are conversations with our NATO partners — some NATO partners — concerning what we can do with a ceasefire, at the moment there is a ceasefire, in order to restore the movement of vessels,” Carney told reporters Thursday in French.
“That’s the conversation. These are ongoing conversations,” he added at a news conference in Halifax, where he was announcing that Canada had hit its NATO spending target for the first time.
The Albina Bulk carrier sits anchored on Sunday at Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat, Oman. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada may have a role to play in helping ships through the Strait of Hormuz if there is a ceasefire in Iran. (Tribune News Service)
Tehran blockaded the strait in response to the U.S. and Israel launching a war on Iran a month ago. On March 19, Canada issued a joint statement with allies and partners expressing a willingness to contribute to efforts to reopen the strait.
Carney’s comments provide the clearest scenario Ottawa has offered yet of how it might get involved, after saying multiple times that it’s taking part in conversations with partners about some sort of assistance.
Carney also defended Thursday the limited information his government has released about the war, saying proactive disclosure could endanger troops.
Also Thursday, Global Affairs Canada Assistant Deputy Minister Alexandre Lévêque added that Canada could help in a future scenario where the global community reintegrates Iran, likely under different leadership.
Before the war, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said last month that Canada would not restore diplomatic relations with Iran until “regime change” occurs. The Harper government cut diplomatic ties in 2012.
Earlier Thursday, Ottawa announced more sanctions against people and entities tied to Iran, this time for businesspeople and companies involved in procuring weaponry.
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