“I spoke with him (Trump. - RT ) about the need to de-escalate tensions,” Trudeau said in an interview with Global News, TASS reports.

According to him, during the conversation the question was raised about the need for families of Canadians who died during a plane crash in Tehran to answer all questions regarding this tragedy.

Earlier, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Aleksey Danilov said that Kiev is considering the option of convening a meeting of the UN Security Council on the Ukrainian Boeing 737 aircraft shot down in Iran on January 8, resulting in the deaths of 176 people.

It was also reported that Trump discussed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel the situation in the Middle East.