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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Basford Canales

Penny Wong calls failed peace talks between US and Iran ‘disappointing’ and urges resumption

Penny Wong
Penny Wong said any escalation in the conflict would ‘impose an even greater human cost and further impact the global economy’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has urged the US and Iran to continue the ceasefire and return to negotiations quickly, after peace talks failed to secure a deal or the re-opening of the strait of Hormuz.

Historic face-to-face meetings in Pakistan – marking the highest-level of direct engagement between Washington and Tehran in decades – seemingly broke down after a marathon 21-hour first day of talks.

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