Anita Anand: “We do not have plans to open an embassy in Iran or Venezuela at the current time.”

So the United States is very much at the table in this conversation.

Ottawa is pursuing 'values-based realism' while advocating for democracy in Iran, the return of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia and work to end Haiti's gruesome gang crisis," Anand said.

They must stop obstructing their return, provide information about where these children are (and) stop altering their identities.

Canada is an open, pluralistic society, with a public square full of robust and civil debate. Our success is underpinned by this civility, by our democratic institutions and by respect for our differences," she said.