Great Britain deploys assets, including fighter planes, in the Middle East in the midst of tensions between Iran and Israel, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday when he went to Canada for G7 conferences.
“We move the assets in the region, including the jets, and it is for the support of the contingency,” Starmer told journalists traveling with him on his plane in Ottawa.
The British chief said that he spoke both with American president Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since Israel launched his first attacks on Iran on Friday, hitting military and nuclear sites. According to managers, dozens have been killed, including the best army commanders and revolution guards, as well as civilians. Iran responded with drone and missile dams pulled on Israel during the night Friday to Saturday.
Starmer said the situation was “fast” as well as “intense”. “We have ongoing discussions with our allies all the time, myself and (Minister of Foreign Affairs) David Lammy … who also spoke to the Iranians,” he said. “Our constant message is to defuse, and therefore everything we do, all the discussions we have are to be seen with de -escalation.”
The British leader said that his presentation on Friday with Netanyahu had been “good and constructive” and had “included discussions on Israel’s security and security”.
Foreign Minister Lammy said he had been “alarmed” earlier on Saturday by other strikes overnight. “We must defuse and warn urgently for civilians,” said Lammy in an article on social networks, adding that he had spoken to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi “to exhort calm”.
