{"id":601448,"date":"2026-04-12T05:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/601448\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:30:10","slug":"disappointing-australias-plea-after-peace-talks-end-wellington-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/601448\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Disappointing&#8217;: Australia&#8217;s plea after peace talks end | Wellington Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"There's been no shift in the US-Iran conflict after lengthy high-level talks in Pakistan. Photo: Rounak Amini\/AAP PHOTOS\" class=\"mx-auto w-full\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775971809_11_r0_0_800_600_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg\" title=\"There's been no shift in the US-Iran conflict after lengthy high-level talks in Pakistan. Photo: Rounak Amini\/AAP PHOTOS\"\/>There&#8217;s been no shift in the US-Iran conflict after lengthy high-level talks in Pakistan. Photo: Rounak Amini\/AAP PHOTOS<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">Australia has expressed disappointment after the breakdown of marathon US-Iran peace talks, leaving access to a crucial oil-shipping channel restricted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">Foreign Minister Penny Wong warned any escalation in the conflict would create a greater human cost and cause further hits to the global economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">&#8220;It is disappointing that the Islamabad talks between the United States and Iran have ended without agreement,&#8221; Senator Wong said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">&#8220;The priority now must be to continue the ceasefire and return to negotiations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">&#8220;We continue to want to see a swift resolution to this conflict.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Foreign Minister Penny Wong stressed the need to uphold the US-Iran ceasefire, after talks failed. (Mick Tsikas\/AAP PHOTOS)\" class=\"mx-auto w-full\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775971810_43_r0_0_1280_720_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg\" title=\"Foreign Minister Penny Wong stressed the need to uphold the US-Iran ceasefire, after talks failed. (Mick Tsikas\/AAP PHOTOS)\"\/>Foreign Minister Penny Wong stressed the need to uphold the US-Iran ceasefire, after talks failed. (Mick Tsikas\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">Following 21 hours of discussions, US Vice-President JD Vance announced on Sunday, Australian time, that his negotiating team was leaving Pakistan without having struck a deal for a permanent ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">He said Iran had not accepted US terms, including a commitment to not build nuclear weapons, while Iranian state media said the talks failed due to America&#8217;s &#8220;unreasonable demands&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">The Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 per cent of the world&#8217;s oil supplies travel, will continue to be restricted by Iran until the US agrees to a &#8220;reasonable deal&#8221;, according to a report from Iran&#8217;s Tasnim News Agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">Australians have been warned the impacts of the strait&#8217;s virtual closure would be felt long after its eventual reopening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">Agriculture Minister Catherine King earlier on Sunday noted the existing, temporary ceasefire was fragile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">&#8220;What we have to prepare for, as a country here, is that even if the strait opens tomorrow, there&#8217;s a long tail to this,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">Iran&#8217;s restriction of shipments through the strait has also led to shortages of other \u00a0important materials, such as fertilisers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">Australian Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s been no shift in the US-Iran conflict after lengthy high-level talks in Pakistan. 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