February 01, 2017 at 06:10AM
Prime minister affirms US president’s commitment to deal amid confusion over what exactly has been agreed to
Donald Trump has personally committed to honouring a refugee resettlement deal with Australia, the Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday, amid ongoing confusion over whether the deal will proceed and what has actually been agreed to.
“The Trump administration has committed to progress with the arrangements to honour the deal ... that was entered into with the Obama administration, and that was the assurance the president gave me when we spoke on the weekend,” Turnbull told an audience at the National Press Club in Canberra.
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