{"id":110665,"date":"2026-05-12T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/110665\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:12:12","slug":"anand-mcguinty-seek-deeper-ties-in-persian-gulf-amid-investment-push-and-iran-war-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/110665\/","title":{"rendered":"Anand, McGuinty seek deeper ties in Persian Gulf amid investment push and Iran war | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778613132_785_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Spencer Colby<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tMay 12, 2026 | 11:09 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is off to the Persian Gulf today where Canada is looking to strengthen ties on defence and security, while courting global investment.<\/p>\n<p>The trip comes as the U.S. war on Iran continues to impact the Middle East and international energy markets.<\/p>\n<p>A news release says Anand will meet with her counterpart in Oman to discuss potential defence and economic co-operation, then she will travel to Qatar to advance trade, investment and security ties.<\/p>\n<p>Oman and Qatar have been key players in attempts to broker peace in the region, including between the U.S. and Iran, and between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[158,38026,38020,38027,38019,38021,38022,42,38023,38024,39,38025,549],"class_list":{"0":"post-110665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-persian-gulf","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-central-vancouver-island","10":"tag-nanaimo","11":"tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","12":"tag-nanaimo-news","13":"tag-nanaimo-news-now","14":"tag-nanaimonewsnow","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-oceanside","17":"tag-parksville","18":"tag-persian-gulf","19":"tag-qualicum","20":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116563197635201755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}