Australia says it will join U.S.-led defence effort in Strait of Hormuz
Australia will join the United States in a coalition of countries protecting oil tankers and cargo ships from threats posed by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday.
Global commodity trading has been rocked in recent months after a series of Iranian attacks on international merchant vessels and the seizure of a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway through which almost a fifth of the world's oil passes.
"This destabilizing behaviour is a threat to Australia's interests in the region," Morrison told a news conference in Canberra.
