India, Oct. 22 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would honour the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and uphold former PM Justin Trudeau's decision to arrest the Israeli leader if he enters Canada.

Carney also said that Canada's recognition of a Palestinian state was a priority for his policies but not the end goal.

In an interview with Bloomberg Podcasts last week, the Canadian Prime Minister was asked if Trudeau's statement that Canada would follow the ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu, should he visit the country, would stand under the new prime minister's leadership.

To this, Carney replied, "Yes". He was then asked, "You'd be prepared to do that?" The Canadian ...