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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">October 26, 2005 <i>(5:30 p.m. EDT)</i></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">No. 196</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt">MINISTER PETTIGREW CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT’S
REMARKS ABOUT ISRAEL </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"></span></span></p>
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<p>Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew today made the following statement regarding
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comments about Israel:</p>
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<p>“On behalf of all Canadians, I want to vigorously condemn the remarks made by Iran’s
President. We are in the 21st century. Canada will never accept such hatred,
intolerance and anti-Semitism. Never.</p>
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<p>“We believe that this extreme view does not reflect the opinion of the Iranian people.</p>
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<p>“The comments are all the more troubling given Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its refusal
to cooperate fully with International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors. This refusal
underlines the need for all countries to stand together to ensure that Iran is prevented
from developing nuclear weaponry. In fact, during her recent visit to Ottawa,
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and I discussed how to address nuclear
proliferation in Iran, including the possibility that the UN Security Council may have to
send a strong message.”</p>
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<p>For further information, media representatives may contact:</p>
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<p>Sébastien Théberge</p>
<p>Director of Communications</p>
<p>Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</p>
<p>(613) 995-1851</p>
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<p>Media Relations Office</p>
<p>Foreign Affairs Canada</p>
<p>(613) 995-1874</p>
<p>http://www.international.gc.ca</p>
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<p>For further information, media representatives may contact:</p>
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<p>Sébastien Théberge<br>
Director of Communications<br>
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs<br>
(613) 995-1851</p>
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<p>Media Relations Office<br>
Foreign Affairs Canada<br>
(613) 995-1874<br>
<a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070220185946/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></a><span style="color: #000000"></span></p>
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