Canadian PM Trudeau Says Has Intelligence From Multiple Sources That Iran Shot Down Ukraine Jet
22:49 09.01.2020(updated 03:21 10.01.2020)
The premier added that his government will not rest until it gets "closure, transparency, accountability, and justice" on the accident.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said they have intelligence information from multiple sources that a Ukrainian jet was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile on Wednesday morning, Reuters reported citing the premier's speech at a news conference in Ottawa.
"We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. The intelligence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface to air missile. This may well have been unintentional", Trudeau said.
He, however, refused to elaborate on the particulars of the intelligence Canada possesses but did add that he was informed of the developments late last night and this morning local time.
Trudeau was also asked multiple times about how much responsibility the United States should bear for the crashed aircraft in terms of the killing of Iran's top military commander Qasem Soleimani, but he answered that it was too soon to be apportioning blame for the crash or drawing any conclusions.
He added that Iran was committed to continuing dialogue with Canada. He revealed that during a phone call earlier in the day between Canada's Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Tehran indicated it would keep black boxes in Iran but was open to allowing Canadian consular officials into the country to help the families of the victims.
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