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Australian PM says he has not been asked by US to help with Hormuz blockade
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US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on October 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
SYDNEY, Australia — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia had not received any request from the United States to help with its planned blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
“They have done that in a unilateral way, and we haven’t been asked to participate. We’ve received no requests that we haven’t agreed to,” Albanese tells Channel Nine.
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday the US Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz from Monday, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war.
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