<figure id="attachment_3296383" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3296383" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3296383" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/3065e8d4-mark-carney-04032026.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3296383" class="wp-caption-text">Mark Carney&#8217;s trip to Australia is part of a multi-country tour of the Asia-Pacific aimed at reducing reliance on the US. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
SYDNEY: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that US-Israeli strikes on Iran had been &#8220;inconsistent with international law&#8221;, calling for a rapid de-escalation of the conflict.
Speaking at a gathering of the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney, Carney said Canada welcomed steps to change Iran&#8217;s form of government – which he said represented the &#8220;principal source of instability and terror&#8221; in the Middle East.
But, he said, the action &#8220;would appear, prima facie, not to be consistent or to be inconsistent with international law&#8221;.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a judgement for others to make,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not a lawyer, let alone an international legal expert.&#8221;
Carney&#8217;s comment came on the second day of an official visit to Australia, a trip aimed at bringing in investment and deepening ties with a fellow &#8220;middle power&#8221; partner.
The trip is part of a multi-country tour of the Asia-Pacific aimed at reducing reliance on the US – a hedge against what Carney has described as a fading US-led global order.
The former central banker has frequently clashed with US President Donald Trump, who has frequently threatened to annex Canada and slapped swingeing tariffs on the country.
In a speech to political and financial elites at the World Economic Forum in January, Carney warned the US‑led global system of governance was enduring &#8220;a rupture&#8221;.
And on Wednesday the Canadian prime minister said the war in the Middle East represented &#8220;another example of the failure of the international order&#8221;.
&#8220;Canada calls for a rapid de-escalation of hostilities and is prepared to assist in achieving this goal,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Canada reaffirms that international law binds all belligerents,&#8221; he said.
US, Israel &#8216;acting without engagement&#8217; 
The US and Israel launched the attack on Saturday and quickly killed Iran&#8217;s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two days after US envoys had been speaking to Iran in Geneva on a nuclear accord.
Since then, Iran has expanded its retaliatory missile and drone barrage across the Middle East, hitting on Tuesday a US consulate and base as the US and Israel said they had pummelled key sites inside Tehran.
The regional war also took a growing toll on Lebanon, where Hezbollah, the armed Shiite Muslim movement that long had Tehran as a benefactor, launched drones and rockets at Israel in retaliation for Khamenei&#8217;s slaying.
Carney has backed the Israeli-US strikes targeting Iran, saying Tehran had failed to dismantle its nuclear programme and cease support for militant groups.
But he expressed &#8220;regret&#8221; on Wednesday that international efforts had failed to disarm Iran.
And he noted that &#8220;the US and Israel have acted without engaging the UN or consulting with allies, including Canada&#8221;.
On Thursday Carney will meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and address parliament in the capital, Canberra.
Albanese&#8217;s office has framed Carney as a like-minded leader and said his trip will focus on economic security and critical minerals – of which Australia has vast reserves – as well as defence.

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Canada’s PM says Israeli-US strikes on Iran ‘inconsistent with international law’

Mark Carney’s remarks were made during his Australian visit, calling for a rapid de-escalation of the conflict.

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