Australia will continue its military mission in Iraq despite Iran’s attack on US bases on Wednesday, Scott Morrison has announced.
The prime minister spent much of Thursday morning locked in national security briefings with officials and told reporters he had also been in contact with his Coalition counterparts Jacinda Ardern and Justin Trudeau.
“Australia wants to see and has encouraged restraint and de-escalation and I welcome President Trump's statement overnight,” Mr Morrison said. “We remain in close contact with the United States and our other partners, indeed this morning I was in discussions with the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Trudeau, where we discussed this matter. “I have been in contact also today with the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and we will speak again later today about these issues.
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