Australia was one of more than 30 countries to sign a United Kingdom-led joint statement offering to help secure the strait, and last week took part in diplomatic talks on steps that could be taken to that end.<\/p>\n
Australia has also been involved in talks about what action might be taken at a military level, but has made no further commitments on additional military assistance.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the ABC while visiting Japan, Mr Marles said talks about how to keep the vital waterway open would continue throughout the ceasefire.<\/p>\n
“That’s a conversation that we will have,” he said.<\/p>\n
What we know about the US-Iran ceasefire deal<\/a><\/p>\n These are the key moments that lead up to a two-week ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, and what is on the table to permanently end the fighting.<\/p>\n “And it’s going to be a function of exactly what does play out now in respect of this ceasefire, what happens beyond the two weeks.<\/p>\n “And also how the UK, France and those countries which have been leading these conversations are seeing any potential effort to maintain the Straits of Hormuz being open.”<\/p>\n An Australian E-7 Wedgetail surveillance plane is already in the region, having been deployed for defensive assistance to the United Arab Emirates for four weeks.<\/p>\n The plane is expected to remain throughout the ceasefire.<\/p>\n Mr Marles said he was not “going to speculate” on whether Australia would contribute more defence assets, like warships.<\/p>\n Energy crisis will have a ‘long tail’<\/p>\n Analysts have warned the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz may bring a short-term reprieve to the global fuel crunch, but the impacts of the disruption will be ongoing.<\/p>\n Mr Marles said while the government “takes heart” from the ceasefire, he acknowledged the energy crisis would have “a reasonably long tail”.<\/p>\n He said he had discussed fuel and energy supplies during his Tokyo meetings.<\/p>\n Japan is a major oil refiner in the region, but it only supplies 6.8 per cent of Australia’s diesel and 0.7 per cent of its petrol.<\/p>\n
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