Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada “fully supports” the United States’ missile attack on a Syrian airbase Thursday night.

Trudeau referred to the strike as the United States’ “limited and focused action” in response to the chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians in Syria on Tuesday.

Trudeau issued the following statement Friday on the U.S. strikes in Syria:

“Canada fully supports the United States’ limited and focused action to degrade the Assad regime’s ability to launch chemical weapons attacks against innocent civilians, including many children. President Assad’s use of chemical weapons and the crimes the Syrian regime has committed against its own people cannot be ignored. These gruesome attacks cannot be permitted to continue with impunity.
“This week’s attack in southern Idlib and the suffering of Syrians is a war crime and is unacceptable. Canada condemns all uses of chemical weapons.
“Canada will continue to support diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria.”