During a Friday meeting with Netanyahu, Harper refused to comment on the Israeli premier’s call for setting a “redline” and instead said Canada hoped to resolve the issue peacefully.
"We want to see a peaceful resolution" of the dispute over Iran’s nuclear energy program, the Canadian prime minister said.
Netanyahu had told the annual session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday that the world has to set a "red line" on Iran's nuclear energy program.
He said that line would be the enrichment of uranium that could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons. If that line is crossed, the Israelis say, the world will have to take military action to stop Iran from building nuclear weapons.
The United States, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program, with the Israeli regime repeatedly threatening Tehran with a military strike to force Iran to halt its nuclear energy work.
Iran rejects the allegations and Iranian officials have promised a crushing response to any attack on the country’s nuclear facilities.
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Publish Date: 30 September 2012 - 22:36
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has ignored the Israeli premier’s call for setting a “redline” for Iran's nuclear program as such a move could trigger war with the Islamic Republic.