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Australia and Japan say they have no plans to send warships to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz amid U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure on allies to help secure the vital waterway.
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00:00Australia and Japan say they have no plans to send naval vessels to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz,
00:07even as US President Donald Trump steps up pressure on Allies to help secure the vital waterway.
00:15Japanese Prime Minister Sanai Takaichi says Tokyo has no plan to send naval vessels to escort ships in the Middle
00:22East.
00:23She says Japan, constrained by its war-renouncing constitution, will instead examine what support it can provide within its legal
00:31framework.
00:32Australia also says it will not send naval ships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
00:37Cabinet Minister Catherine King says Canberra has not received any requests to join naval operations in the Middle East.
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