Craig Lord, The Canadian Press
“Stability in the region is a priority,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
“Canada calls on parties to return immediately to the negotiating table and reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney, in a social media post early Monday, said he spoke with Trump overnight about “de-escalating the conflict in the Middle East.” The two leaders talked about the weekend’s events and also the upcoming NATO Summit.
Newly elected conservative Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, however offered little sympathy and took a harder line.
“Iran is the big sponsor of terrorism,” De Wever said.
“Without Iran, there would have been no Hamas. Without a Hamas, not a 7th of October. Without the 7th of October, [not] another war in Gaza,” he said. “Without Iran, there wouldn’t be Hezbollah, there wouldn’t be Houthis. So it’s a hard regime to feel sorry for.”
Trump, in a post on his Truth Social media platform, suggested he might welcome the toppling of the Iranian government.
