{"id":18662,"date":"2026-04-13T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/defence-chief-says-australian-ships-ready-capable-as-albanese-calls-on-us-and-iran-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:48:08","slug":"defence-chief-says-australian-ships-ready-capable-as-albanese-calls-on-us-and-iran-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/defence-chief-says-australian-ships-ready-capable-as-albanese-calls-on-us-and-iran-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence chief says Australian ships \u2018ready, capable\u2019 as Albanese calls on US and Iran to reopen strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian prime minister says it\u2019s \u2018disappointing\u2019 that there was no resolution on freedom of movement during weekend\u2019s talks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2026\/apr\/13\/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-prime-minister-fuel-supply-diesel-oil-cost-of-living-inflation-budget-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anthony Albanese has called for the full reopening of the strait of Hormuz and free navigation for all countries, as the new defence chief said Australian ships were ready and capable of assisting if such a decision were made.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the US president, Donald Trump, said he would institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/12\/trump-says-us-will-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-as-iran-peace-talks-fail\">an American blockade of the strategic waterway<\/a> from Tuesday morning, Australian time, Albanese urged Washington and Tehran to return to negotiations in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/13\/australia-pm-albanese-us-iran-peace-talks-reopen-strait-of-hormuz\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian prime minister says it\u2019s \u2018disappointing\u2019 that there was no resolution on freedom of movement during weekend\u2019s talks Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has called for the full reopening of the strait of Hormuz and free navigation for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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