CANBERRA, ACT, April 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
Australia welcomes the agreement by the United States, Israel and Iran to a two-week ceasefire to negotiate a resolution to the conflict in the Middle East.
The Australian Government has been calling for de-escalation and an end to the conflict for some time now.
Iran's de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, coupled with its attacks on commercial vessels, civilian infrastructure, and oil and gas facilities, is causing unprecedented energy supply shocks and impacting oil and fuel prices.
We have been clear the longer the war goes on, the more significant the impact on the global economy will be, and the greater the human cost.
Australia has ...