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| Rob Nicholson |
Canada will keep its sanctions in place –
at least for now – despite the nuclear agreement Iran has reached with
major world powers.
Foreign Affairs
Minister Rob Nicholson issued a statement saying that Canada “will
continue to judge Iran by its actions not its words,” and that the
government in Ottawa will examine the agreement carefully before making
any policy changes.
“We will examine this deal further before taking any specific Canadian action,” Mr. Nicholson said in the statement.
That
means Canada is refusing to follow the course set by its major allies,
including not only the Obama Administration in the U.S., but Britain,
France, and the European Union. They negotiated the deal with Iran as
part of the “P5+1” group that also included China and Russia, and have
agreed to lift economic sanctions in return for Tehran’s nuclear
concessions. [Source: Globe & Mail]
