Canada signals openness to restoring Iran diplomatic ties
- 8 years ago
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday expressed an openness to restoring diplomatic ties with Iran, four years after Canada shuttered its embassy in Tehran.
Such a move would be a reversal of the foreign policy set by the previous Tory administration, which had vowed to keep its sanctions regime against Iran after a preliminary deal on the Islamic republic's nuclear program in 2013.
Trudeau said Iran had made "significant movement towards respecting international expectations" regarding the dismantling of parts of its nuclear program that the West feared could have led to the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
"That is something positive and I expect there will be (diplomatic) links now between Canada and Iran," he said.
Canada broke diplomatic ties with Iran in September 2012.
Such a move would be a reversal of the foreign policy set by the previous Tory administration, which had vowed to keep its sanctions regime against Iran after a preliminary deal on the Islamic republic's nuclear program in 2013.
Trudeau said Iran had made "significant movement towards respecting international expectations" regarding the dismantling of parts of its nuclear program that the West feared could have led to the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
"That is something positive and I expect there will be (diplomatic) links now between Canada and Iran," he said.
Canada broke diplomatic ties with Iran in September 2012.