ASEAN-MALAYSIA/AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA Australia, Indonesia ministers meet for the first time since executions

Record ID: 144949

  • Title: ASEAN-MALAYSIA/AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA Australia, Indonesia ministers meet for the first time since executions
  • Date: 5th August 2015
  • Summary: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (AUGUST 5, 2015) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, JULIE BISHOP, ENTERING ROOM / BEING GREETED BY INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, RETNO MARSUDI BISHOP AND MARSUDI POSING FOR CAMERAS AND WALKING AWAY BILATERAL MEETING IN PROGRESS MARSUDI LISTENING BISHOP SPEAKING MARSUDI AND BISHOP EXITING ROOM AND STANDING F
  • Embargoed: 20th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Malaysia
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA3I4DBKH9I01BB9WQYVCPKIQM
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Foreign ministers of Australia and Indonesia met for the first time since Jakarta's controversial execution of two Australian drug traffickers, in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday (August 5).
    The pair entered into a brief bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the regional ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Regional Forum.
    The Australians were among eight people executed by firing squad in Indonesian prison island of Cilacap despite an international outcry.
    Four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian were executed at the same time.
    On Wednesday, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said the two countries were committed to improving relations.
    "Both of us agreed to move together in strengthening the bilateral relation. We discussed how to proceed in the future. We start with the business, B2B, business-to-business, but we also discussed about the people-to-people contact through the Indonesian Australian dialogue," Marsudi said.
    Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Jakarta and Canberra would continue to work together in areas of security and law enforcement.
    "With co-operation in the areas of security, intelligence, defence and law enforcement, this relationship will go from strength to strength," Bishop said.
    The pair did not take questions at the news briefing and did not mention the execution in their statements.
    Australia, with deep commercial and political ties with its big neighbour, has condemned the executions, but it has also said it would not impact trade relations.
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