Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that his country did not receive any "new requests" from the Washington to participate in military operations against Iran.
The remark comes in response to criticism from US President Donald Trump, who expressed he is "not happy with Australia" because it was "not there when we asked them to be there" in regards to the Strait of Hormuz.
Treasurer of Australia, Jim Chalmers, told reporters in Washington that he is not aware of any formal request from the US regarding this matter.
"I’m not interested in engaging with some kind of dispute with president Trump on these issues," he said.
Deputy prime minister Richard Marles shared similar sentiments, telling ABC radio on Friday that he is "not about to go into a running commentary on what the US president says," when asked about the governement's frustration with Trump's repeated disapproval.
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