Canada in push for joint G7 and Middle East effort to de-escalating Iran war
Foreign minister Anita Anand says she has drafted principles to reduce risk of regional spillover and wider shocksMiddle East crisis – live updatesCanada is pushing for a collective G7 and Middle East approach to de-escalating the Iran war, including off ramps that might bring an end to the...
<p>Foreign minister Anita Anand says she has drafted principles to reduce risk of regional spillover and wider shocks</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/18/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-hormuz-trump-larijani-key-leader-killed-israel-strikes">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Canada is pushing for a collective G7 and Middle East approach to de-escalating the Iran war, including off ramps that might bring an end to the conflict, the Canadian foreign minister, Anita Anand, has told the Guardian.</p><p>In London to meet the UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, after of talks with the her Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, she said she hoped a G7 meeting chaired by France, this year’s president of the group, might start to build a broader collective approach to the crisis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/18/canada-in-push-for-joint-g7-and-middle-east-effort-to-de-escalating-iran-war">Continue reading...</a>
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