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Alison Azer meets with Justin Trudeau about her 4 missing kids

The B.C. mother of four children who were allegedly abducted by their father met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday.

Saren Azer has been wanted by Canadian police since he failed to return with his children last summer

Alison Azer, holds Meitan as her other children Sharvahn, left to right, Dersim and Rojevahn pose for a photo. "'I'm concerned for their safety. I'm concerned they won't survive," said Alison Azer in February. (Alison Azer/The Canadian Press)

The B.C. mother of four children who were allegedly abducted by their father met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday.

Alison Azer, a Comox Valley resident, claims her children's Kurdish-Canadian father Saren Azer abducted her children after a trip to Europe in 2015. Alison Azer has travelled to Iraq twice since then in hopes of finding her children, aged 11, 9, 7 and 3, but both trips were in vain.

She says Trudeau told her he considers himself responsible for the outcome of the file.

"I heard from the Prime Minister directly that the accountability for the return of my kids lies with him. I am pleased that my children's abduction file is now sitting directly on the Prime Minister's desk," she said.

"As their mother I will hold the Prime Minister to his word," she added.

Alison Azer has long called on the federal government to do more to bring her children back to Canada.

Global Affairs Canada says the well-being of theAzerchildren is a priority for the federal government.

"Our parliamentary secretary for consular affairs remains in frequent communication with Ms.Azeras we continue to work both at home and abroad for the children's safe return," a spokesperson for the departmenttold CBC in a written statement.

Azer's ex-husband,SarenAzer, posted a lengthy statement onFacebookabout the children last week, ending his silence on the matter.

A Canada-wide warrant was issued forSarenAzerlast Augustwhen he failed to return the children to their mother in Canada.

The fourchildren are listed as missing on Interpol's website.

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Saren Azer, also known as Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer, after he failed to return with his four children from a trip to Germany. (HPIC/Facebook)