Foreign minister Anita Anand says she has drafted principles to reduce risk of regional spillover and wider shocks

Canada is pushing for a collective G7 and Middle East approach to de-escalating the Iran war, including off ramps that could bring an end to the conflict, the Canadian foreign minister, Anita Anand, has said.

In London to meet the UK foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, after talks with the her Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, Anand told the Guardian 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.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    I am speaking with every G7 country and every partner impacted by the war in the Middle East to stress the principle of de-escalation,” she said.

    Is this the G7 that includes the US and excludes Russia?

    Or does this one include Russia and exclude the US?