The ongoing conflict in the Middle East represents a failure of the international order, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday adding that the U.S. did not consult its allies before striking Iran.
U.S. and Israeli forces launched strikes against Iran on Saturday after negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program stalled.
The war has since spread beyond Iran's borders, with Iranian attacks hitting Gulf states including Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, as well as U.S. embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, prompting Washington to close diplomatic missions across the region.
"The current conflict is another example of the failure of the international order, despite decades of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency in a succession of sanctions and diplomatic frameworks," Carney said during a visit to Australia in a speech at the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney.
"Iran's nuclear threat remains, and now the United States and Israel have acted without engaging the U.N. or consulting with allies, including Canada."
